Value of minor trauma in the diagnosis of physical child abuse: 'The law of common man'

• Main Authors: Vidanapathirana M (Author), Gunethilake KMTB (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Anuradhapura Clinical Society, 2015-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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According to the definition of Meadow (1989), child abuse is defined as treating a child in an unacceptable way in a given culture at a given time. Major criteria for diagnosis of physical child abuse include sever, multiple, and patterned injuries with different stages of healing. Sometimes, even a...