[Interprofessional case conferences in connection with child abuse. A resource or a badly used time?]

Interprofessional co-operation and case-conferences in connection with child abuse and neglect are of a special nature. They bring together agencies and partners who have previously not cooperated to any degree, such as health workers and child care workers, and in some cases also the prosecuting authorities. The author argues that such cooperation is necessary, both because of the nature of the abuse and because the different agencies have different areas of responsibility. The article indicates the aims of such case-conferences and discusses problems connected with these meetings, and who should lead them.