Maltreatment stemming largely from acts of omission, often linked with active mistreatment, as in child abuse and neglect.
A legal term for failure to provide the necessary care for a dependent person.
In neurology, absence of perception of — or disregard for — the nondominant part of the body in patients who have had a stroke that has damaged the nondominant hemisphere of the brain.
The failure of a caretaker to provide for basic needs, such as food, clothing, or love.