AAP News Vol. 15 No. 9 September 1999, p. 18
© 1999 American Academy of Pediatrics
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Physicians should not shy away from confronting parents: Consider religious, ethnic customs when diagnosing child abuse

Alyson Sulaski Wyckoff

Walter F. Lambert, M.D., FAAP, is fond of asking audiences to raise their hands if they were hit by their parents as children. In a typical room, even of physicians, he gets an 80 percent affirmative response.

Then he asks how many were hit with instruments, and most hands remain up.

When he poses the final question, "How many ever had a bruise as a result of the punishment," most hands go down, but one or two people admit to permanent marks.

He asks those individuals if they feel they were abused.