Diagnosis of Non-accidental Injury

Containing more than 100 challenging clinical cases and illustrated with color clinical images, this book covers a wide range of problems including the accurate diagnosis of non-accidental injury to children presenting with bruises, burns, fractures, anogenital injuries, head injuries, abdominal injuries or suspected cases of neglect. Sensitively handled, the cases help practitioners to learn the difference between accidental and non-accidental injury and other findings. The book is an invaluable text for all those in the emergency department, forensic medical specialists, paediatricians, social workers, law enforcement agencies and all those needing to learn to identify cases of non-accidental injury when working with children.