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Psychosocial aspects of child abuse for primary care pediatricians. 1998

R Freitag, and S Lazoritz, and N Kini
Child Protection Center, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, USA.

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.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008499 Medical Records Recording of pertinent information concerning patient's illness or illnesses. Health Diaries,Medical Transcription,Records, Medical,Transcription, Medical,Diaries, Health,Diary, Health,Health Diary,Medical Record,Medical Transcriptions,Record, Medical,Transcriptions, Medical
D010372 Pediatrics A medical specialty concerned with maintaining health and providing medical care to children from birth to adolescence.
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D002650 Child Abuse, Sexual Sexual maltreatment of the child or minor. Child Molestation,Child Molestation, Sexual,Molestation, Sexual, Child,Sexual Abuse of Child,Sexual Abuse, Child,Abuse, Child Sexual,Child Sexual Abuse,Molestation, Child,Sexual Child Abuse,Sexual Child Molestation
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D019221 Mandatory Reporting A legal requirement that designated types of information acquired by professionals or institutions in the course of their work be reported to appropriate authorities. Abuse Reporting,Reporting, Abuse,Reporting, Mandatory

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