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Child abuse: Introduction
Child abuse: Physical, sexual, emotional abuse or neglect of child. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Child abuse is available below.
Symptoms of Child abuse
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Child abuse: Complications
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Medical Textbooks Online about Child abuse
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Wrongly Diagnosed with Child abuse?
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Child abuse: Undiagnosed Conditions
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Misdiagnosis and Child abuse
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Child abuse: Research Doctors & Specialists
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- Pediatric Allergy and Immunology (Child Allergies / Immune Diseases)
- Pediatric Cardiology (Child Heart Specialists)
- Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
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- Pediatric Dermatology (Child Skin Health)
- Pediatric Developmental Behavioral Health (Child Behavior)
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine
- Pediatric Endocrinology (Child Hormones)
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Hospitals & Clinics: Child abuse
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Choosing the Best Hospital: More general information, not necessarily in relation to Child abuse, on hospital performance and surgical care quality:
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- Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence Study (2009)
Causes of Child abuse
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More information about causes of Child abuse:
- Child abuse as a complication caused by other conditions
- Medical news summaries relating to Causes of Child abuse
News Archives for Child abuse
Medical news articles related to Child abuse include:
- Health Tip: Preparing Your Child For Therapy
- Health Tip: Evaluating Your Child's Vision
- Health Tip: Choosing Your Child's Therapist
- Most Parents Don't Overreact to Child Gene Tests
- Health Tip: If Your Child Takes Medicine
- Health Tip: Parenting a Child With ADHD
- Health Tip: Does Your Child Need a Nap?
- Health Tip: If Your Child Stutters
- more health news...»
Source: HealthDay News
Evidence Based Medicine Research for Child abuse
Medical research articles related to Child abuse include:
- Recognising and responding to child maltreatment.
- Patterns of skeletal fractures in child abuse: systematic review.
- Promotion of children's rights and prevention of child maltreatment.
- Burden and consequences of child maltreatment in high-income countries.
- An examination of risky sexual behavior and HIV in victims of child abuse and neglect: A 30-year follow-up
- Interventions to prevent child maltreatment and associated impairment.
- Child maltreatment in enlisted soldiers' families during combat-related deployments.
- more research...»
Click here to find more evidence-based articles on the TRIP Database
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Reseach about Child abuse
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Child abuse: Broader Related Topics
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Types of Child abuse
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Definitions of Child abuse:
Abuse of children in a family, institutional, or other setting. (APA, Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 1994) - (Source - Diseases Database)
- Child abuse
- What is Child abuse?
- Online Medical Textbooks for Child abuse
- Prevalence and Incidence of Child abuse
- Videos related to Child abuse
- Causes of Child abuse
- Risk Factors for Child abuse
- Symptoms of Child abuse
- Diagnostic Tests for Child abuse
- Diagnosis of Child abuse
- Complications of Child abuse
- Misdiagnosis of Child abuse
- Misdiagnosis of Underlying Causes of Child abuse
- Associated Conditions of Child abuse
- Treatments for Child abuse
- Doctors and Medical Specialists for Child abuse
- Cure Research for Child abuse
- Deaths from Child abuse
- Medical News Summaries About Child abuse
- Hospital Statistics for Child abuse
- Articles about Child abuse
- Glossary for Child abuse
- External links relating to Child abuse
- Alcohol-related disorder (Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
- Substance abuse and induced disorders (Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
- Be careful characterizing conditionsas child abuse. There are a number of great masqueraders, including neuroblastoma (Avoiding Common Pediatric Errors)
- Provide anticipatory guidance at well-child visits (Avoiding Common Pediatric Errors)
- Sexual abuse is an important diagnosis to confirm for both the child and family so that appropriate treatment can begin. Remember though that some physical findings that may be suggestive of abuse, may not be definitive (Avoiding Common Pediatric Errors)
- Child Abuse, Physical (The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult)
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