Leung, Wai Shun. / "April 2008." / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 137-148). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.8 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Background --- p.16 / Attitudes towards child abuse among doctors --- p.17 / Doctors' reporting behaviours --- p.20 / Factors associated with doctors' reporting behaviours --- p.21 / Reporting systems in foreign countries --- p.29 / Effectiveness of mandatory reporting system --- p.32 / Summary --- p.36 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- Child Abuse in Hong Kong --- p.37 / Prevalence of child abuse in Hong Kong --- p.37 / Child abuse management in Hong Kong --- p.41 / Summary --- p.46 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Aims and hypotheses --- p.47 / Aims and objectives --- p.49 / Hypotheses --- p.50 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- Methods --- p.52 / Participants --- p.52 / Procedure --- p.55 / Measures --- p.56 / Ethical considerations --- p.60 / Data analysis --- p.61 / Chapter Chapter 6 --- Results --- p.63 / Characteristics of responding doctors --- p.63 / Definition of child abuse --- p.64 / Attitudes towards corporal punishment and opinions on child abuse issues --- p.67 / Reporting behaviours among doctors --- p.70 / Doctors' perceived importance of barriers and their relationships with reporting behaviours --- p.72 / Doctors' attitudes towards local reporting system --- p.74 / Tables 1-12 --- p.78 / Chapter Chapter 7 --- Discussion --- p.92 / Strengths of the study --- p.93 / Limitations of the study --- p.94 / Discussions on the findings --- p.97 / Chapter Chapter 8 --- Implications and recommendations --- p.110 / Implications of the present study --- p.110 / Suggestions to improve the management of child abuse in Hong Kong --- p.111 / Conclusions --- p.124 / Appendix 1-9 --- p.128 / Bibliography --- p.137