%0 Journal Article %T Child sexual abuse: The significance of the history and testifying on non-confirmatory findings %A Hanneke Brits %A Johanna M. Kotz¨¦ %J Archive of "African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine". %D 2019 %R 10.4102/phcfm.v11i1.1954 %X Despite numerous studies and publications, there is still a common expectation that a medical assessment can confirm or rule out child sexual abuse (CSA). The truth is that CSA can never be ruled out and can seldom be confirmed on clinical grounds %K child sexual abuse %K expert medical witness %K sexual assault %K non-confirmatory signs %K normal examination %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6620543/