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Social Aspects of the Battered Baby Syndrome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Selwyn M. Smith ,
Ruth Hanson  and
Sheila Noble
Selwyn M. Smith
Affiliation:
University of Birmingham Department of Psychiatry, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham B15 2TH
Ruth Hanson
Affiliation:
University of Birmingham Department of Psychiatry, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham B15 2TH
Sheila Noble
Affiliation:
University of Birmingham Department of Psychiatry, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham B15 2TH
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In spite of increasing interest, the problem of the battered child remains controversial. Some see the problem as a response to stressful social circumstances and society's permissive attitude to violence (23), others view it as primarily a manifestation of parental maladjustment (64).

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 125 , Issue 589 , December 1974 , pp. 568 - 582
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1974 

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