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1 online resource (227 pages) |
| Contents |
Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Contents -- 1: General Aspects of Child Protection -- Prevalence -- Types of Abuse -- Injury Types -- Medical Assessment -- Medical History -- Examination -- Opinion and Follow-Up -- Factors that Raise Concerns for Abuse (Table 1.5) -- Factors Associated with Abuse -- Risk of Further Abuse -- Developmental Stage -- Child Protection Procedures -- Definitions -- Referrals to Childrenâ#x80;#x99;s Social Care -- Meetings -- Guidance and Legislation |
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Care Orders made by the Family Court Courts -- Family Courts -- Criminal Proceedings -- References -- 2: Bruising in Infants and Children -- Clinical Assessment of Bruising -- Medical Assessment -- History and Examination -- Haematological Investigations -- Other Investigations -- Features of Accidental Versus Inflicted Bruising -- Accidental Bruises -- Inflicted Bruises -- Mechanism, Force Required and the Aftermath of Injury -- Mechanism -- Force Required -- Aftermath of Injury -- Distress -- Observers |
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Ageing and Resolution of Bruises Clinical Aspects -- Research Evidence -- Resolution of Bruising -- Other Factors -- Other Methods of Assessment -- Injuries that Carry the Imprint of an Implement Used -- Belt -- Bite Marks -- Cord/Rope Folded Over -- Gag Marks -- Hair Tourniquet Syndrome -- Hair Pulling -- Ligatures -- Sticks and Rods -- Other Injury Patterns -- Negative Images from an Adult Hand or Other Blunt Instrument -- Stair Falls -- Tracking of Blood -- Petechiae -- Specific Sites for Bruising |
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Abdomen and Flank Arms and Shoulders -- Back and Spine -- Buttocks -- Calf -- Chest -- Ear -- Face and Neck -- Genital and Inguinal Bruising -- Hands and Feet -- Head -- Knees and Shins -- Orbit -- Pelvis -- Thigh -- Medical Conditions Increasing Susceptibility to Bruising -- Blood Disorders (Tables 2.1 and 2.2) -- Infections -- Collagen Vascular and Nutritional Defects -- Folk-Healing Practices -- Skin Conditions that May Be Mistaken for Bruises -- Others who May Have an Increased Susceptibility to Bruising |
| Summary |
This book provides guidance to all professionals working with children who present with injuries, neglect, illness falsification and other forms of child abuse. Clinical findings and the current literature are analyzed. The author's clinical experience is shared to assist the reader in diagnosing the cause of injury and other presentations. This text is the result of many years of experience in the UK working with children in an East London hospital (which receives over 1000 children a week through the children's Emergency Department) and the analysis of over 400 cases for the Family and Crown Courts. Mainstream opinions, the medical literature, and examples from extensive experience on the wards and in Court are discussed. Pediatric Forensic Evidence is aimed at doctors, lawyers, the Courts, social workers, health visitors, teachers, the police and others, guiding them through the analysis of injury and when to raise concerns |
| Bibliography |
""References""""Further Reading""; ""3: Fractures""; "" Bone Anatomy and Fracture Types""; "" Clinical Assessment""; "" Medical Assessment""; "" Radiological Investigations""; "" Features of Inflicted and Accidental Fractures""; "" Bruising and Haematomas""; "" Fracture Dating""; "" Falls and Fractures""; "" Skull Fractures""; "" Mechanism and Force Required""; "" Aftermath and Observers""; "" Types of Skull Fracture""; "" Associated Injuries""; "" Skull Fractures in Utero and Birth Trauma""; "" Rib Fractures""; "" Mechanism and Force Required""; "" Aftermath and Observers"" |
| Notes |
""Inflicted vs Accidental Rib Fractures"" |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Child abuse -- Investigation.
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Medical jurisprudence.
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Children.
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Infants.
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Human beings.
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Child
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Humans
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Infant
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Child Abuse -- diagnosis
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Forensic Medicine
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forensic medicine.
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children (people by age group)
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infants.
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Homo sapiens (species)
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Paediatric medicine.
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Medical & healthcare law.
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Social work.
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Forensic medicine.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology.
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Infants
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Children
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Child abuse -- Investigation
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Medical jurisprudence
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783319453378 |
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3319453378 |
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