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A Family Kindred with Ill-used Children: The Burden on the Community

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

J. E. Oliver  and
J. M. Cox
J. E. Oliver
Affiliation:
Burderop Hospital, Wroughton, Swindon, Wilts
J. M. Cox
Affiliation:
Burderop Hospital, Wroughton, Swindon, Wilts
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A nine-month-old baby was admitted to hospital following attacks by his father. The baby had been choked, then injured by prolonged banging against furniture; finally, he had been picked up by one leg and thrown across the room. The child had also been attacked previously.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 123 , Issue 572 , July 1973 , pp. 81 - 90
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1973 

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