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Non-accidental injury to children (NAI) refers to their ill-treatment by parents or guardians, and embraces physical or mental neglect or actual physical injury. NAI has now replaced the term ‘Battered Baby Syndrome’ because children older than babies are involved and besides being battered they may be shaken, burned or deliberately poisoned, and to avoid the emotive impact of the term.
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Davies, A.H. (1981). Non-accidental injury to children. In: Essential Accident and Emergency Care. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6241-8_30
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