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THE ‘BATTERED-CHILD’ SYNDROME IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA

1965; Wiley; Volume: 1; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1440-1754.1965.tb02597.x

1440-1754

Lois J. Wurfel, George M. Maxwell,

Child Abuse and Trauma

A study has been made of 26 children with the ‘battered baby’ syndrome, 8 of whom died. There was a high incidence of irregular unions among the parents and some evidence of other anti-social behaviour. It is recommended that all such cases should be reported to a central authority, and that model legislation be considered for the protection of these patients, and of the reporting physicians.