Branding: a harmful practice.
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چکیده
Thus, there is an urgent need to abolish this practice. Branding is a criminal offence under Indian Penal Code-324. Extensive education programs explaining its harmful effects aimed at rural illiterate masses including people involved in carrying out branding are required. All physicians need to be aware of this possibility while seeing a child with inexplicable burn scars, lest it might be labeled as physical abuse.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Indian pediatrics
دوره 42 7 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2005