Repeated episodes of physical child abuse
| dc.contributor.author | Fernando, D. M. G. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Dayaratne, K. M. P. L. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-10-01T09:33:04Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-10-01T09:33:04Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
| dc.description.abstract | INTRODUCTION According to Berard Knight the ‘child abuse syndrome” exists when an infant or child suffers repetitive physical injuries inflicted by a parent or guardian, in circumstances that exclude accident.' Physical abuse represents approximately 70% of child abuse cases and may range from minor bruises to fatal hacmatomas. We report a case where the child has been repeatedly released into the same hazardous environment, in spite of a diagnosis of physical child abuse being made by pediatricians and judicial medical officers. The child has been subjected to repeated abuse resulting in multiple hospital admissions with 7 long bone frictures, multiple rib fractures and other life threatening injuries in her short life span of 20 months, | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Sri Lanka Journal of Forensic Medeicine, Science and Law 2010 Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 20-22 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://ir.lib.pdn.ac.lk/handle/20.500.14444/1372 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.subject | Child abuse syndrome | |
| dc.subject | Forensic medicine | |
| dc.subject | Judicial Medical Officer | |
| dc.title | Repeated episodes of physical child abuse | |
| dc.title.alternative | Is the existing system on managing child abuse defective in Sri lanka ? | |
| dc.type | Article |