[Child abuse: analysis of the problem and description of some "borderline" aspects]

In the present study, the A. put in evidence some "historical" aspects of the child abuse and neglect, and emphasize "borderline" cases of this problem. The importance of this analysis for the operators of the Public Health System is great. In effect, some "borderline" cases are results of ignorance of child psychology and lack of sanitary paediatric organization in the Paediatric Divisions.