TY - JOUR PY - 1980// TI - The battered child (Medical and legal questions for the gynaecologist) JO - Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde A1 - Hiersche, H. D. A1 - Hiller, C. SP - 678 EP - 681 VL - 40 IS - 8 N2 - The syndrome of the battered child is described. The legal problems arising from the conflicts between the two basic rights of medical confidentiality and protection of the child are discussed. The relevant paragraphs of the penal code, the civil code and the West German constitution are discussed. A practical solution for the physician in this conflict situation is information of the finding of a trauma of unknown origin to the child protection agency.
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