Resumen

PEREZ CABRERA, Carmen Laura; PENA CRUZ, Guillermo  y  CABRERA REYES, Lourdes de la C. Child abuse and primary health care attention. Rev Hum Med [online]. 2017, vol.17, n.2, pp. 415-435. ISSN 1727-8120.

The text falls within the research on intrafamiliar violence subject matter. Its objective is to systematize historical and theoretical aspects inherent to the study of child abuse and its consequences within the social and domestic scopes for its detection and treatment in the Cuban primary health care services. By means of a bibliographic review, a documentary analysis of electronic and printed form materials and texts was summarized. It led to theoretical and historical approaches to the phenomenon within the national and international scopes for its conceptualization, the establishment of its typology and consequences. They are essential elements of the professional knowledge of future medical sciences graduates towards their performance in different health care levels, especially in primary health care.

Palabras clave : child abuse; family; primary health care.

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