History of Child Abuse in America (Cont.)
Radiologist C. Henry Kempe’s 1962 JAMA article, “The Battered Child Syndrome,” got national attention.
Journal speculated: BCS might be more serious than leukemia, cystic fibrosis and muscular dystrophy combined.
Time of “structural readiness to change.”
- Civil rights movement;
- Prestige of medical field.