Chronically ill children are 88 percent more likely to suffer physical abuse
Thursday, February 17, 2011 - 12:20
in Health & Medicine
Children with chronic health conditions are 88% more likely to suffer physical abuse than healthy children, according to research in the March issue of Acta Paediatrica. They are also 154% more likely to suffer a combination of physical abuse and exposure to intimate partner violence than their healthy school friends.