Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

Physical Abuse

Violence inflicted on an individual through physical contact.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Violence inflicted on an individual through physical contact.

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Synonyms

5 entry terms
  • Physical Maltreatment
  • Physical Violence
  • Abuse, Physical
  • Maltreatment, Physical
  • Violence, Physical

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Aspects Covered

10 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, ethnology, history, legislation & jurisprudence, prevention & control, psychology, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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History Note

2016

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Previous Indexing

  • Child Abuse (1963-2016)

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Tree Numbers

  1. I01w.198w.240w.856w.688w
  2. I01w.880w.735w.900w.744w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Physical Abuse. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000066550. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000066550
  2. Physical Abuse. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_abuse
  3. Physical Abuse. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2827132