Child Abuse: Medical Diagnosis and Management
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This book contains predominantly black-and-white illustrations, with some color illustrations. Sally L. Reynolds This book describes the evaluation and medical management of child abuse. This is a new book with new information concerning differentiating child abuse from disease processes. This book is designed to help the practitioner evaluate and manage child abuse. This type of information is urgently needed. This book will be of great assistance to anyone caring for children. This book can be used by students, residents, and experts in child abuse. All subspecialists caring for children should find this book helpful and informative. The author is a well-recognized expert in child abuse. The illustrations are excellent. The photographs in the sexual abuse chapter are clear and should be useful for teaching. The book is well-referenced with the most up-to-date information on several topics. This is an essential addition to the personal reference library of any physician involved in the treatment of child abuse. The chapters devoted to conditions mistaken for child abuse and sexual abuse as well as those concerning head trauma and SIDS are excellent. The list of contributors reads like a who's who of child abuse treatment. This is certainly one of the best books about child abuse to be published in several years.
Contributing AuthorsPrefaceAcknowledgments1The Biomechanics of Physical Injury12Cutaneous Manifestations of Child Abuse233Abusive Head Trauma474New Directions in Neuroradiology of Child Abuse815Ocular Manifestations of Child Abuse976Maxillofacial, Neck, and Dental Manifestations of Child Abuse1097Skeletal Manifestations of Child Abuse1238Visceral Injury Manifestations of Child Abuse1579Conditions Mistaken for Child Physical Abuse17710Medical Findings in Child Sexual Abuse20711Conditions Mistaken for Child Sexual Abuse28712Failure to Thrive30713Child Neglect33914Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy36315Photodocumentation of the Abused Child38516Child Abuse by Poisoning40517Immersion Injury in Child Abuse and Neglect44318Unusual Manifestations of Child Abuse45319Pathology of Fatal Abuse46720Fatal Child Abuse and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome51721Medicolegal Aspects of Child Abuse545Subject Index563
