Next to child neglect, physical abus e is the second
most frequently reported form of child abuse, accounting for 25% of all cases of
child abuse.
Physical child abuse is physical injury inflicted upon the child with cruel and/or
malicious intent. Physical abuse can be the result of punching, beating, kicking,
biting, burning, shaking, or otherwise harming a child physically.
The parent or caretaker who abused the child may not have intended to hurt the
child, but rather the child's injury may have resulted from overly harsh discipline
or physical punishment. There is, in this regard, a substantial debate going on
about certain forms physical discipline such as spanking and slapping and their
relationship to more orthodox forms of physical abuse.
medical
dictionary, online medical dictionary, medical
terminology dictionary, free online medical
dictionary, medical dictionary, online medical
dictionary, medical terminology dictionary, free
online medical dictionary, dictionary medical,
dictionary medical online, dictionary medical
terminology, dictionary free medical online,
dictionary free medical, dictionary medical
terms, dictionary drug medical medicine,
dictionary health illustrated medical nursing
profession stedmans, dictionary English medical,
dictionary medical online terminology,
dictionary encyclopedia medical online,
condition dictionary medical, dictionary
medical, dictionary drug medical, medical
dictionary software, cyclopedic dictionary index
medical tabers thumb, medical dictionary, online
medical dictionary, medical terminology
dictionary
