Chadwick's Child Maltreatment 4e, Volume 3: Cultures at Risk and Roles of Professionals

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

Overview

798 pages, 466 images, with 44 contributors Volume three of Chadwick’s Child Maltreatment provides an overview of topics ranging from the risks of the Internet, family abduction, the legal and forensic aspects of child maltreatment cases, and the roles of physicians, nurses, social workers, and multidisciplinary teams. Chadwick’s Child Maltreatment, Volume Three: Cultures at Risk and Roles of Professionals is a comprehensive resource to support health care, law enforcement, social work, child protection, and court-related professionals in their ongoing efforts to identify cultures at risk for maltreatment and support other professionals in the field.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781936590322
Publisher:	STM Learning, Inc.
Publication date:	03/15/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	798
File size:	113 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. Cultural Aspects 2. Risk of the Internet 3. Risk of Abuse in Faith Communities 4. Child Maltreatment and Disability 5. Foster Care: Health Care Issues 6. Family Abduction 7. Pediatric Screening for Intimate Partner Violence 8. The Intergenerational Transmission of Violence 9. The Role of Law Enforcement in Child Abuse Cases 10. From Crime Scene to Trial: Investigating and Prosecuting Cases of Child Abuse 11. Preparing a Case for Court 12. Legal Issues 13. Preparing to Give Expert Testimony 14. Role of the Medical Examiner in Fatal Cases 15. Child Fatality Review Team 16. Forensic Evidence Collection 17. DNA Evidence 18. Multidisciplinary Child Protection Teams 19. Child Maltreatment Education for Physicians and Nurses 20. Role of the Social Worker 21. Federal Funding and Collaboration: The National Institutes of Health Child Abuse and Neglect Working Team 22. Public Child Welfare: A History of Challenge and Opportunity 23. Applying a Public Health Approach to Child Maltreatment 24. Prevention 25. The Medical Examiner Atlas 26. Police Investigations Atlas 27. Resources and Settings in the Field of Child Maltreatment Atlas 28. Prevention Atlas