Treatment failure in atopic dermatitis as a result of parental health belief
| Autor: | Julia C Werren, Amanda M Stephens, Gayle Fischer, Saxon D Smith |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
| Předmět: |
Complementary Therapies
Parents medicine.medical_specialty Administration Topical media_common.quotation_subject Criminal case Treatment failure Dermatitis Atopic Medication Adherence Neglect Patient Education as Topic Adrenal Cortex Hormones medicine Humans Child Abuse Treatment Failure Child Psychiatry media_common Parental health business.industry Gold standard General Medicine Atopic dermatitis medicine.disease Dermatology humanities Pediatric Medicine Female New South Wales business |
| Zdroj: | Medical Journal of Australia. 199:467-469 |
| ISSN: | 1326-5377 0025-729X |
| DOI: | 10.5694/mja12.10802 |
| Popis: | The gold standard for treatment of atopic dermatitis is topical corticosteroids. Parental alternative health beliefs and fear of topical corticosteroids may lead to non-adherence and treatment failure. At the extreme end, such beliefs may result in neglect constituting reportable child maltreatment. We examine the legal repercussions of such abuse in the criminal case resulting from the death of Gloria Sam. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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