Inflicted and noninflicted injuries: differences in child and familial characteristics.
Clinicians involved in child protection work are frequently confronted with decisions as to whether a child's injury is inflicted or accidental. This study examines child, parental, familial, and environmental characteristics in a group of 25 abused children compared to a group of 90 children with accidents. Significant differences and commonalities are discussed.
Dubowitz
Howard
H
University of Maryland Medical School.
Hampton
Robert L
RL
Connecticut College.
Bithoney
William G
WG
Harvard Medical School.
Newberger
Eli H
EH
Harvard Medical School.
D000059:Accidents; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000523:psychology*; D002668:Child Rearing; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005190:Family; D006801:Humans; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D012931:Social Environment; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000523:psychology*