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Child abuse and neglect
Author(s) -
Chiamaka O Joe-Akunne,
Chukwuemeka A F Okoye
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of hospital medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.128
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1553-5606
pISSN - 1553-5592
DOI - 10.1002/jhm.755
Subject(s) - medicine , neglect , medical emergency , poison control , suicide prevention , child abuse , injury prevention , human factors and ergonomics , occupational safety and health , psychiatry , pathology
This paper examined the possible impact of child abuse and neglect on the individual child and the society: The phenomenon of child abuse is regarded or seen as a situation ill which a child is maltreated physically, psychologically or sexually by parents, guardians, relatives, caretakers, siblings, strangers or employers. The problem of child abuse became all essential academic issue in the J 960's when it received modern formulation by the American medical establishment as 'the battered-child syndrome". There is concern over theimmediate and remote impacts of the syndrome, especially in terms of personality development and health. Thispaper addressed this rising trend of child abuse and concluded that increased attention should be given by the society at large to the issue, sine it portraysgrave danger to the well being of the child and produce and society ajier all.