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CHAPTER 3 Child abuse and neglect by parents and …
CHAPTER 3 Child abuse and neglectby parents and other caregiversBackgroundChild abuse has for a long time been recorded inliterature, art and science in many parts of theworld. Reports of infanticide, mutilation, abandon-ment and other forms of violence against childrendate back to ancient civilizations (1). The historicalrecord is also filled with reports of unkempt, weakand malnourished children cast out by families tofend for themselves and of children who have beensexually a long time also there have existed charitablegroups and others concerned with children s well-being who have advocated the protection ofchildren. Nevertheless, the issue did not receivewidespread attention by the medical profession orthe general public until 1962, with the publicationof a seminal work,The battered Child syndrome,byKempe et al.
cultural definitions of abuse and neglect between countries. There is also evidence that only a small proportion of cases of child maltreatment are
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