Battered Child Syndrome
Keywords:
CHILD, CHILD ABUSE, CHILD/injuries, DOMESTIC VIOLENCEAbstract
The World Health Organization defines the battered child syndrome as every form of physical and/or emotional mistreatment, sexual abuse, abandonment or negligent treatment, exploitation with a commercial aim or of any other type, resulting in a real or potential damage to health, survival, development and dignity of children in the context of a responsible, confident or proxy relationship. This study presents the case of a 2-year-old male transitional patient who was taken to the emergency room dead and with multiple lesions in the body from different dates. There was a history of leaving hospitalization four days ago. Necropsy was performed finding multiple signs of violence on inner and outer examination of the body. A conclusion of violent death is reached as a case of battered child syndrome, with child abuse produced by action, in its variant of physical mistreatment.Downloads
References
Araujo MC, da Silva C. Santa Biblia. 2aed. Brasília: Editora Santuario; 2006.
Lachica E. Síndrome del niño maltratado: aspectos médico-legales. Cuad. med. forense [revista en internet]. 2010 [citado 21 de diciembre 2019]; 16(1-2): 53-63. Disponible en: https://www.bienestaryproteccioninfantil.es/imagenes/tablacontenidos03subsec/sindromeninomaltratado.pdf.
Vila R, Greco AM, Loinaz I, Pereda N. El profesorado español ante el maltrato infantil. Estudio piloto sobre variables que influyen en la detección de menores en riesgo. Rev. Española Invest. Criminol. [revista en internet]. 2019 [citado 21 de diciembre 2019]; 17: 1-25 [citado 21 de diciembre 2019]. Disponible en: https://reic.criminologia.net/index.php/journal/article/view/153/181.
Ccorahua Hall, JD. Violencia infantil contra los niños de entre 8 a 12 años que estudian en la Institución Educativa de Primaria y Secundaria Nº60073 de Sinchicuy, Iquitos, 2019 [Tesis]. Perú: Universidad Peruana Unión; 2019 [citado 21 de diciembre 2019]. Disponible en: https://repositorio.upeu.edu.pe/bitstream/handle/UPEU/2824/Jeison_Trabajo_Bachiller_2019.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y.
Calabuig, G. Medicina Legal y Toxicología. España: Editora publicaciones médicas y científicos – Valencia; 2005.
Bayona Santana DR, Villalonga Costa L, Estupiñán Rodríguez N, Velásquez Medina Y, Jiménez Ramírez IL. Maltrato infantil. Presentación de un caso. Rev. Méd. Electrón. [revista en internet]. 2018 [citado 21 de diciembre 2019]; 40(2): 495-503. Disponible en: https://www.medigraphic.com/pdfs/revmedele/me-2018/me182y.pdf.
Olivares Louhau EM, Sánchez Figuereo B, Bonne Falcón D, Costafreda Vásquez M, Dembelé B. Características clínico epidemiológicas de niños con quemaduras y evolución hacia el síndrome de respuesta inflamatoria sistémica. MEDISAN [revista en internet]. 2017 [citado 21 de diciembre 2019]; 21(12): 3324-32. Disponible en: https://www.medigraphic.com/pdfs/medisan/mds-2017/mds1712f.pdf.
Código Penal Cubano [en línea]. Ley No. 62/1987 29 de diciembre. Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular. 2do período ordinario de sesiones, Tercera Legislatura, (29-12-1987) [citado 21 de diciembre 2019]. Disponible en: https://oig.cepal.org/sites/default/files/1987_codigopenal_cuba.pdf.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
This journal provides free and immediate access to its content under the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater exchange of global knowledge. This means that the authors transfer the copyright to the journal, so that copies and distribution of the contents can be made by any means, as long as the authors' acknowledgment is maintained. These terms are a reflection that the journal assumes copyright under Creative Commons licenses, specifically under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
Registration and submission of articles to the journal is free. The processing, including review, editing and publication, is completely free of charge.