Chadwick's Child Maltreatment 4e, Volume 1: Physical Abuse and Neglect

by David L. Chadwick MD, Angelo P. Giardino MD, PhD, Randell Alexander MD, PhD, Jonathan D. Thackeray MD, Debra Esernio-Jenssen MD

Overview

600 pages, 1177 images, with 32 contributors The first volume in the fourth edition of Chadwick’s Child Maltreatment provides an overview of the signs and effects of physical abuse and neglect toward children. The clinical text includes essential information for professionals who work to identify, treat, and prevent child physical abuse and neglect. More than 30 medical experts collaborated to provide the latest clinical data and research on topics ranging from burns and bruises in child maltreatment to oral injuries and the effects of chemical abuse. Chadwick’s Child Maltreatment, Volume One: Physical Abuse and Neglect features clinical text accompanied by a photographic atlas in the back of the book that includes current case studies and more than 1100 images and illustrations that complement many of the main topics included in the clinical text, plus chapters on radiology and photodocumentation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781936590308
Publisher:	STM Learning, Inc.
Publication date:	03/15/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	600
File size:	192 MB
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About the Author

David L. Chadwick, MD is the Director Emeritus of the Chadwick Center for Children and Families at Rady Children's Hospital - San Diego. He has engaged in clinical work with abused children since 1960.
Angelo P. Giardino, MD, PhD, MPH, FAAP is the medical director of Texas Children's Health Plan, a clinical associate professor of pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine, and an attending physician for the Texas Children's Hospital's forensic pediatrics service at the Children's Assessment Center in Houston, Texas.
Randell Alexander, MD, PhD is a professor of pediatrics at the University of Florida and the Morehouse School of Medicine and has served on several state child death review committees. He is an active researcher, lectures widely, and testifies frequently in major child abuse cases throughout the country.
Jonathan Thackeray, MD, FAAP is Clinical Director of The Center for Family Safety and Healing at Nationwide Children's Hospital and Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at The Ohio State University College of Medicine.
Debra Esernio-Jenssen, MD is currently a Professor in Clinical Pediatrics at the University of Florida and has served as the Medical Director of the Child Protection Team since 2010. In 2009 she was certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in Child Abuse Pediatrics.

Table of Contents

1. Overview of Child Maltreatment 2. Skeletal and Visceral Radiological Imaging 3. Abusive Head Trauma 4. Burns in Child Maltreatment 5. Bruises in Child Maltreatment 6. Ophthalmic Manifestations 7. Oral Injuries 8. Thoracoabdominal Injuries in Physically Abused Children 9. The Chemically Abused Child 10. Neglect and Abandonment 11. Failure to Thrive 12. Head Injuries Atlas 13. Burns Atlas 14. Bruises Atlas 15. Ophthalmology Atlas 16. Oral Injuries Atlas 17. Thoracoabdominal Imaging in Non-Accidental Injury Atlas 18. Radiology Atlas 19. Photodocumentation Atlas 20. Physical Abuse Documentation Atlas 21. Demonstrations Atlas 22. Neglect Atlas 23. Documentation of Neglect Atlas