RT Book, Section A1 Lane, Wendy Gwirtzman A1 Dubowitz, Howard A2 Kline, Mark W. SR Print(0) ID 1182918205 T1 Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect: What Pediatricians Can Do T2 Rudolph's Pediatrics, 23e YR 2018 FD 2018 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9781259588594 LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182918205 RD 2024/03/28 AB Preventing child abuse and neglect (ie, maltreatment) fits well with the goals and scope of pediatrics, as expressed by the commitment of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) to “prevention, early detection, and management of behavioral, developmental, and social problems as a focus in pediatric practice.” The prevention of child maltreatment has benefits at the level of the individual child, the family, the community, and society at large. Sparing a child from the physical, cognitive, behavioral, emotional, and social problems associated with maltreatment is intuitively and morally preferable to intervening after the fact.