Ferrara, P., & Bernasconi, S.2017-03-152017-03-152017Ferrara, P., & Bernasconi, S. (2017). From “classic” child abuse and neglect to the new era of maltreatment. Italian Journal of Pediatrics, 43(1), 16.https://ijponline.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13052-017-0336-1http://hdl.handle.net/11212/3260The evolution of the concept of child abuse leads to consider new types of maltreatment that in the future will certainly be taken into account with a new era of social pediatrics. Pediatric care has been based on the increased awareness of the importance of meeting the psychosocial and developmental needs of children and of the role of families in promoting the health.enchild maltreatmentchild abuseneglectPediatric careArticle