Psychosocial aspects of child abuse for primary care pediatricians.
Childhood is an image that advertisers use to conjure up feelings of care-free innocence. Society frequently calls for protecting our children and creating strong, healthy families. Yet thousands of children experience violence on a regular basis, and their lives are irretrievably altered. For these children, the sites of violence and not war-torn villages or crime-ridden streets but their own homes. This article provides primary care physicians with basic information about the psychosocial aspects of recognition and prevention of child abuse.
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Child Protection Center, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, USA.
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D002648:Child; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D019221:Mandatory Reporting; D008499:Medical Records; D010372:Pediatrics