Abstract:The article is devoted to the problem unfamiliar to medicians, lawyers and forensic doctors - «the shaken baby syndrome». Today this condition is called «violent head trauma». Violent head trauma in newborns is a variant of the child abuse syndrome and is associated with high mortality and impaired child development not only in early age, but also in later life, it affects the quality of life of children and their families. The social and psychological causes of violence against infants, the mechanisms of trau… Show more
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