domestic violence child abuse http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85023348 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MEDDRA/10008509 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Child_abuse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_abuse https://homosaurus.org/terms/childAbuse HV6626.5-HV6626.54 RC569.5.C55 Physical, sexual, and/or psychological maltreatment or neglect of a child or children, especially by a parent or a caregiver. Child abuse may include any act or failure to act by a parent or a caregiver that results in actual or potential harm to a child, and can occur in a child's home, or in the organizations, schools or communities the child interacts with. The terms child abuse and child maltreatment are often used interchangeably, although some researchers make a distinction between them, treating child maltreatment as an umbrella term to cover neglect, exploitation, and trafficking. abuse of children child cruelty child maltreatment cruelty to children violence against children child The Complete Dictionary of Sexology