Child abuse and neglect diagnosis, treatment, and evidence

Carole Jenny's Child Abuse and Neglect: Diagnosis, Treatment and Evidence focuses attention on the clinical evidence of child abuse to help you correctly diagnose and treat such cases in your own practice. In print and online, this unique, well-illustrated clinical reference provides new insigh...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jenny, Carole
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: St. Louis, Mo. Saunders/Elsevier c2011, 2011
Edition:1st ed
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Collection: Elsevier ScienceDirect eBooks - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Carole Jenny's Child Abuse and Neglect: Diagnosis, Treatment and Evidence focuses attention on the clinical evidence of child abuse to help you correctly diagnose and treat such cases in your own practice. In print and online, this unique, well-illustrated clinical reference provides new insights into the presentation and differential diagnosis of physical abuse and looks at shaken baby syndrome, sex offenders, and abuse in religious organizations, information on the biomechanics of injury, and other factors. Identify an abusive injury and treat it effectively by reviewing evidence and critical analyses from leading authorities in the field. Recognize the signs of shaken baby syndrome, sex offenders, and abuse in religious organizations. Understand the biomechanics of injury to determine whether abuse was truly the cause of a child's injury
Physical Description:online resource (xxi, 658 p.) ill. (some col.)
ISBN:9781416063933
1416063935
9781437736212
1437736211