The battered child syndrome.
The experience of the Children's Hospital of Winnipeg from 1957 to 1971 with abused infants and children is presented with statistical data on 132 children. Details as to incidence, source and types of abuse are presented along with a discussion of the management of the problem. A follow-up study on a group of the abused children is also presented with comments directed towards some preventive measures.
D000367:Age Factors; D001724:Birth Weight; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse; D002669:Child Welfare; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005581:Foster Home Care; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D008607:Intellectual Disability; D008297:Male; D008350:Manitoba; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology