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Hierarchy: #neglect (3 terms)

• Abandonment (noun, neuter (clinical psychology / social work))

  The act of leaving, or permanently giving up on a person (child, partner), an asset, or an ongoing action. In clinical psycholo...

• Patient abandonment (noun, feminine (forensic medicine / bioethics))

  The act of abandoning; the deliberate desertion of a vulnerable individual (minor, chronically ill person, elderly person) who ...

• Abandoned (adjective (attachment psychology / clinical))

  Having been left alone, deserted, or deprived of parental, medical, or emotional care; a clinical descriptor used for subjects ...