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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785497203321

Autore

Palusci Vincent J.

Titolo

Child abuse and neglect : a diagnostic guide for physicians, surgeons, pathologists, dentists, nurses and social workers / / Vincent J. Palusci MD, MS, Howard Fischer MD

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton, Fla. : , : CRC Press : , : Manson Publishing, , [2011]

ISBN

0-429-15878-5

1-282-91347-6

9786612913471

1-84076-591-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Disciplina

617.9

618.92858223

Soggetti

Child abuse

Abused children

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of contributors; Acknowledgments; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Bruises; 3 Abusive burns; 4 Cutaneous conditions mimicking child abuse; 5 Imaging child abuse; 6 Ocular trauma; 7 Otolaryngologic manifestations of abuse and neglect; 8 Recognition of child abuse by dentists, health care professionals, and law enforcement; 9 Abusive abdominal trauma; 10 Anogenital findings and child sexual abuse; 11 Child maltreatment fatalities; 12 Failure to thrive; 13 Munchausen syndrome by proxy; Abbreviations; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Written by and for professionals in disciplines ranging from general and child abuse paediatrics, to surgery, emergency medicine, pathology, dentistry, nursing and social work, the book reflects current, and increasing, knowledge in this field.  It contains high-quality representative photographs of diagnostic possibilities.   The authors stress throughout the importance of including a broad range of possibilities in their differential diagnoses so that a non-inflicted condition is not labelled child abuse, and an inflicted injury cannot be



mistaken for a more innocent condition.