Identifying signs of intentional injury in children

History tells us that intentional injury is not a new phenomenon: in 1860 a French pathologist Auguste Ambroise Tardieu wrote a forensic study on the cruelty and the ill treatment of children. While the terminology has evolved over time to be more encompassing, there is no definitive peak incidence, and therefore there is no ideal time for reminding emergency department nurses about this issue.

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