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A practical guide to the evaluation of child physical abuse and neglect
- Editors:
- GIARDINAO Angela P., LYN Michelle A., GIARDINO Eileen R., (eds.)
- Publisher:
- Springer
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 400p.
- Place of publication:
- New York
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
This guide is written to assist the health care provider in performing a systematic evaluation of the child suspected of being a victim of abuse or neglect. It aims to assist in recognising abuse and neglect (exclusive of sexual abuse) in children and youth, and in determining its extent. Particular areas covered in this manual include: specific injuries, including burns, bruises, fractures, head and abdominal injuries; malnourishment and other forms of neglect; medical child abuse (previously known as Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy); maltreatment of children with special health care needs; domestic partner violence; and prevention strategies, psychosocial assessment, collaborations with law enforcement and the courts. Part I provides an overview of the phenomenon of child abuse and neglect and offers a general approach to the evaluation of the maltreated child. Part II addresses specific forms of maltreatment such as skin injury, abusive head trauma, and neglect. Part III addresses the relationship of child maltreatment to children with special needs, the overlap of intimate partner violence with child maltreatment, and looks at approaches to the prevention of child abuse and neglect. Finally, part IV covers a number of issues related to the teamwork essential to the evaluation and investigation of child abuse and neglect.
Fabricated or induced illness in a child by a carer: a reader
- Author:
- BOOLS Christopher
- Publisher:
- Radcliffe
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 144p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
This book will assist professionals by providing easy access to original sources of information about illness fabricated or induced (FII), previously known as Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy. It is a collaboration from professionals with varied backgrounds and promotes a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency approach with a child welfare focus. The information is wide ranging and includes experiences of professionals and victims. Contents include: nature of the phenomena; impact on victims; behaviour, relationships and psychopathology; explanatory models - trying to understand FII; responses by professionals - challenges for the multi-disciplinary response; contributions by psychiatric services; incidence and knowledge of FII; prevention of FII.
How can you tell?
- Author:
- DOWNEY Rachel
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 6.12.01, 2001, pp.26-28.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Asks whether pediatricians and social workers are on the same wavelength when it comes to deciding whether children have been the subjects of an induced illness, as opposed to suffering from a genuine one. Examines the difficulties posed by Munchausen's syndrome by proxy and how professionals can protect children from it.
Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy: informing the way ahead
- Author:
- HORWATH Jan
- Journal article citation:
- Children UK, 4, Spring 1995, pp.4-5.
- Publisher:
- National Children's Bureau
Reports on a conference aimed at highlighting the need for professionals to work together and share information in order to come to informed decision on child protection issues in suspected cases of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy.