Chadwick’s Child Maltreatment 4e, Volume 1

Chadwick’s Child Maltreatment, Volume One: Physical Abuse and Neglect is a comprehensive resource to support health care, law enforcement, social work, child protection, and court-related professionals in their ongoing efforts to identify and prevent physical abuse and neglect of innocent victims.

600 pages, 1177 images, with 32 contributorsThe 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.

1. Overview of Child Maltreatment2. Skeletal and Visceral Radiological Imaging3. Abusive Head Trauma4. Burns in Child Maltreatment5. Bruises in Child Maltreatment6. Ophthalmic Manifestations7. Oral Injuries8. Thoracoabdominal Injuries in Physically Abused Children9. The Chemically Abused Child10. Neglect and Abandonment11. Failure to Thrive12. Head Injuries Atlas13. Burns Atlas14. Bruises Atlas15. Ophthalmology Atlas16. Oral Injuries Atlas17. Thoracoabdominal Imaging in Non-Accidental Injury Atlas18. Radiology Atlas19. Photodocumentation Atlas20. Physical Abuse Documentation Atlas21. Demonstrations Atlas22. Neglect Atlas23. Documentation of Neglect Atlas