Citation

Girodet D. Pediatrie 1987; 42(3): 187-193.

Vernacular Title

La violence médicale envers les jeunes enfants.

Affiliation

Centre Hospitalier Général, Montmorency, France.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1987, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

3658620

Abstract

The author describes the many circumstances during which infants and young children are submitted to violence by doctors or medical assistants when given medical care. This violence starts at birth in the newborn ward. Later it is found in all forms of care dispensed to young children in ambulatory as well as hospital practice. The author shows that most of this violence can be avoided provided that doctors act in full consciousness of its consequences.

Language: fr