The impact of child maltreatment on victims, families, and society-from immediate medical care and legal services to long-term mental health care and law enforcement-cannot be understated. And it remains a severe problem in spite of increasing public awareness and stricter laws. To keep up with growing body of professionals staying informed on this subject, the third edition of A Practical Guide to the Evaluation of Child Physical Abuse and Neglect assists the reader in recognizing abuse/neglect (exclusive of sexual abuse) in children and youth, and determining its extent. Illustrated with clinical photographs, the Guide details systematic evaluation procedures, explains the tasks of an evaluation team, and expands and updates the knowledge base in these and other major areas:

• Specific injuries, including burns, bruises, fractures, and head and abdominal injuries

• Malnourishment and otherforms of neglect

• Medical child abuse (previously known as Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy)

• Maltreatment of children with special health care needs

• Domestic partner violence

• Prevention strategies, psychosocial assessment, collaborations with law enforcement and the courts, and more The new edition of A Practical Guide to the Evaluation of Child Physical Abuse and Neglect offers expert information useful to practitioners across professional domains: public health professionals in maternal and child health and school settings; physicians and nurses; clinical social workers, child psychologists, and school psychologists; and attorneys and law enforcement personnel.

  Autorentext
  Angelo P. Giardino, MD, PhD, MPH, FAAP, is chair of the Department of Pediatrics and chief medical officer of Primary Children's Hospital at the University of Utah School of Medicine in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. He is series editor of the SpringerBriefs in Child Health book series.
  Michelle A. Lyn, MD, FAAP, is associate professor of Pediatrics - Emergency Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, and medical director of Care Management and Patient Flow at Texas Children's Hospital, in Houston, TX, USA.
  Eileen R. Giardino, RN, PhD, FNP-BC, is associate professor of Clinical Nursing at University of Texas School of Nursing at Houston in Houston, TX, USA.

  Klappentext

The impact of child maltreatment on victims, families, and societyfrom immediate medical care and legal services to long-term mental health care and law enforcementcannot be understated. And it remains a severe problem in spite of increasing public awareness and stricter laws. To keep up with growing body of professionals staying informed on this subject, the third edition of A Practical Guide to the Evaluation of Child Physical Abuse and Neglect assists the reader in recognizing abuse/neglect (exclusive of sexual abuse) in children and youth, and determining its extent. Illustrated with clinical photographs, the Guide details systematic evaluation procedures, explains the tasks of an evaluation team, and expands and updates the knowledge base in these and other major areas:

• Specific injuries, including burns, bruises, fractures, and head and abdominal injuries

• Malnourishment and other forms of neglect

• Medical child abuse (previously known as Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy)

• Maltreatment of children with special health care needs

• Domestic partner violence

• Prevention strategies, psychosocial assessment, collaborations with law enforcement and the courts, and more

  The new edition of A Practical Guide to the Evaluation of Child Physical Abuse and Neglect offers expert information useful to practitioners across professional domains: public health professionals in maternal and child health and school settings; physicians and nurses; clinical social workers, child psychologists, and school psychologists; and attorneys and law enforcement personnel.

  Zusammenfassung
  As we near the 50th anniversary of the landmark article by C. Henry Kempe and his colleagues entitled The Battered Child Syndrome, which ushered in the modern era of professional attention by pediatricians and other child health professionals, we have reason for both celebration and concern. We can take heart that over the recent ve decades, a great deal of professional attention focused on the problem of child abuse and neglect. In every state of the country, there are mandatory repo- ing laws that require nurses, physicians, and social workers to report suspicions of maltreatment to the appropriate authorities for investigation. The act of repo- ing provides legal immunity to the reporter except when performed in bad faith. Progress in understanding the factors that place children at risk for harm from ph- ical abuse and neglect now permits prevention and intervention. The peer-reviewed literature dealing with child abuse and neglect has proliferated with high quality work being done and reported on the many dimensions related to the epidemi- ogy, mechanism, treatment, and prognosis of child maltreatment. Efforts are being directed toward developing an evidence-based approach to the prevention of child abuse and neglect. These are some of the positives. However, negatives exist and remain reasons for concern. Despite a tremendous amount of attention to the pr- lem of maltreatment, there are at least 3 million reports of suspected child abuse and neglect made annually, with nearly 1 million cases being substantiated.

  Inhalt
  Part I: Child Abuse as a Health Problem
  Introduction: Child Abuse and NeglectEvaluation of Physical Abuse and Neglect
  Part II: Specific InjuriesSkin Injuries: Bruises and BurnsFractures and Skeletal InjuriesAbdominal and Thoracic TraumaAbusive Head TraumaNeglect and Failure to ThriveMedical Child AbuseOther Patterns of Injury and Child Fatality
  Part III: Related IssuesMaltreatment for Children and Youth With Special Healthcare NeedsIntimate Partner ViolencePrevention of Child Physical AbuseMaltreatment in the Setting of Sports Teams (new to third edition)Corporal Punishment and Child Discipline (new to third edition)
  **Part IV: Teamwork**Multidisciplinary TeamsPsychosocial Assessment of Alleged Victims of Child MaltreatmentLegal Issues and DocumentationMental Health Issues: Child Physical Abuse and Neglect