Lupton C, North N, Khan P
Social Services Research and Information Unit, School of Social and Historical Studies, University of Portsmouth.
Br J Gen Pract. 2000 Dec;50(461):977-81.
New government guidance on cooperation in child protection confirms the importance of the general practitioner (GP) contribution. While research highlights the concerns of others about their role in the multi-agency process, relatively little is known about the views and experiences of GPs themselves.
To examine the understanding that each of the key professional groups had of its own and each other's roles in child protection to identify those factors seen to enhance or inhibit the effective performance of these roles.
The research formed part of a larger investigation of the role of health professionals in child protection, which combined case study investigations of child protection networks in three health authority sites with a regional survey of Area Child Protection Committee members.
A lack of correspondence was identified between GPs' perception and performance of their role in child protection and the expectations placed upon them by other child protection professionals and government guidance.
The study identifies the need for more explicit discussion of the nature and extent of the GP role in local interagency child protection networks.
政府关于儿童保护合作的新指南证实了全科医生（GP）贡献的重要性。虽然研究突出了其他人对其在多机构流程中角色的担忧，但对于全科医生自身的观点和经历却知之甚少。
考察每个关键专业群体对自身及彼此在儿童保护中角色的理解，以确定那些被认为会增强或抑制这些角色有效履行的因素。
该研究是对卫生专业人员在儿童保护中角色进行的一项更大规模调查的一部分，该调查将对三个卫生当局辖区儿童保护网络的案例研究调查与对地区儿童保护委员会成员的区域调查相结合。
全科医生对其在儿童保护中角色的认知与表现，和其他儿童保护专业人员及政府指南对他们的期望之间存在不一致。
该研究表明，需要在地方跨机构儿童保护网络中更明确地讨论全科医生角色的性质和范围。
