Value of minor trauma in the diagnosis of physical child abuse: ‘The law of common man’

According to the definition of Meadow (1989), child abuse is defined as treating a child in an unacceptable way in a given culture at a given time. Major criteria for diagnosis of physical child abuse include sever, multiple, and patterned injuries with different stages of healing. Sometimes, even a...

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Main Authors: Vidanapathirana M, Gunethilake KMTB
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Anuradhapura Clinical Society 2015-05-01
Series:Anuradhapura Medical Journal
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Online Access:http://amj.sljol.info/articles/10.4038/amj.v9i1.7541/galley/5787/download/