The Battered Child and the Hospital

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Once it has met the paramount needs of caring for the child's injuries and arranging for his protection, the hospital should turn to the task of treating the parent, whose failure in “mothering” behavior usually reflects a deep isolation and a childhood history of similar parental abuse. With such a therapeutic rather than punitive approach, the safe return of a majority of battered children to their homes eventually becomes possible.

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