"We saw a slew of cases last year in which the battered child syndrome was missed completely," he said.

Uncertainty that the diagnosis of "battered child syndrome" is correct or appropriate in individual cases.

It appears from the literature that the battered child syndrome was first tentatively identified and reported to the medical profession in the early 1950s.

Medical terms like "battered child syndrome" are created; ramifications for the legal system are endless.

In the early 1960's, pediatricians breached decades of silence by naming the battered child syndrome.

While helpful, the foregoing general history of the battered child syndrome is not conclusive on the precise question in the case at bar.

In some of the 300 or so parricide cases in this country each year, "battered child syndrome" is cited as a factor.

His research led to the publication of "The Battered Child Syndrome."

His pathology studies contributed to the acceptance of battered child syndrome, an important step in providing legal protection to abused youths.

Is there a duty for a physician to recognize a case of battered child syndrome (child abuse) and report it to the appropriate authorities?

Child abuse, or battered child syndrome was first reported in the medical literature in 1946 by Caffey.

"It had been under continual assault for about 15 years, and it was suffering from the institutional version of battered child syndrome.

It's like a battered child syndrome."

Victims of the "battered child syndrome" did not surface until the 1960's, only because the syndrome was not defined until then.

Dr. Flood failed to diagnose "battered child syndrome" and also did not report the injuries to proper civil authorities in violation of California law.

Her battered child syndrome was immediately diagnosed and reported to local police and juvenile probation authorities, and she was taken into protective custody.

In recognition of his first clinical descriptions of battered children, battered child syndrome is also known as Tardieu's syndrome.

This occurred prior to a Thanksgiving Day beating in 1996, which necessitated a trip to the emergency room where he was diagnosed with Battered child syndrome.

It is further alleged that proper medical treatment of plaintiff's battered child syndrome would have included reporting her injuries to local law enforcement authorities or juvenile probation department.

The first question presented, accordingly, is whether the foregoing standard of care includes a requirement that the physician know how to diagnose and treat the battered child syndrome.

Inasmuch as all plaintiff's injuries gave the appearance of having been intentionally inflicted by other persons, she exhibited the medical condition known as the battered child syndrome.

They evidence a determination by the Legislature that in the event a physician does diagnose a battered child syndrome, due care includes a duty to report that fact to the authorities.

But prosecutors in Queens said yesterday that the woman, Geraldine Mitchell, 24 years old, deserved to be prosecuted in what they called a case of fatal "battered child syndrome."

This case, and legislation that followed it were in response to several articles that appeared in the medical literature that defined battered child syndrome and child abuse syndrome.

Eight were victims of the battered child syndrome, five of sudden infant death syndrome, two of drug complications, six of malnutrition and dehydration, and four of asphyxiation.