“Alone with our interpretations”: Uncertainty in child abuse intervention among healthcare professionals

The purpose of this article is to provide an insider's view and analysis of the way Israeli healthcare professionals give meaning to their work in cases related to child abuse and how they experience and cope with the inherent uncertainty of these complex situations. Conducted from a social constructivist perspective, this qualitative analysis is based on 20 in-depth, semi-structured interviews with a purposeful sample of healthcare...