NCJ Number
16549
Journal
Trial Volume: 10 Issue: 3 Dated: (MAY/JUNE 1974) Pages: 14-16,18
Date Published
1974
Length
4 pages
Annotation
REVIEW OF SOME OF THE MEDICAL INDICATIONS OF CHILD ABUSE AND OF SOME THE PROVISION OF CHILD ABUSE STATE LAWS.
Abstract
WHILE A MALTREATED CHILD OFTEN PRESENTS NO OBVIOUS SIGNS OF BEING BATTERED, THERE ARE MULTIPLE, MINOR PHYSICAL EVIDENCES OF EMOTIONAL, NUTRITIONAL OR PHYSICAL ABUSE OR NEGLECT. IN ALL 50 STATES, STATUTES REQUIRE REPORTING OF SUSPECTED CHILD ABUSE AND MANY HAVE ABROGATED THE PRIVILEGED STATUS OF CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN HUSBAND AND WIFE OR DOCTOR AND PATIENT IN CHILD ABUSE CASES.