Abusive Head Trauma Quick Reference
For Healthcare Professionals, Social Services, and Law Enforcement
Published on 30. June 2007
355 pages
978-1-878060-25-9 (ISBN)
Description
355 pages, 139 images, 32 contributors
Abusive Head Trauma Quick Reference is an ideal resource for any professional active in the fields of medicine, social services, education, law enforcement, or legal prosecution. It contains all of the pertinent information on recognizing injuries, identifying children at risk, and implementing preventive measures, arranged in an easy-to-retrieve format for the professional who needs an immediate reference. In addition to assisting in a medical or social service setting, it also details the application of medical and scientific data to legal investigation and prosecution procedures. Addressing forensic investigation techniques and concerns, signs of intentional injury, findings at autopsy, and issues pertaining to providing expert testimony, this reference details clearly the many considerations medical and scientific personnel should bear in mind while performing a fatality review.
Topics covered include the following:
- The biomechanics of head trauma
- Comprehensive information for diagnosing abusive head trauma in children
- Signs and symptoms of associated injuries
- Evaluation procedures of a child abuse case involving head injury
- Detailed procedures for the management of cases by social service and law enforcement professionals
- Forensic investigation techniques
- Guidelines for prosecutors and expert witnesses involved in the court process
- Common neurodevelopmental outcomes of abusive head trauma
Abusive Head Trauma Quick Reference is an ideal resource for any professional active in the fields of medicine, social services, education, law enforcement, or legal prosecution. It contains all of the pertinent information on recognizing injuries, identifying children at risk, and implementing preventive measures, arranged in an easy-to-retrieve format for the professional who needs an immediate reference. In addition to assisting in a medical or social service setting, it also details the application of medical and scientific data to legal investigation and prosecution procedures. Addressing forensic investigation techniques and concerns, signs of intentional injury, findings at autopsy, and issues pertaining to providing expert testimony, this reference details clearly the many considerations medical and scientific personnel should bear in mind while performing a fatality review.
Topics covered include the following:
- The biomechanics of head trauma
- Comprehensive information for diagnosing abusive head trauma in children
- Signs and symptoms of associated injuries
- Evaluation procedures of a child abuse case involving head injury
- Detailed procedures for the management of cases by social service and law enforcement professionals
- Forensic investigation techniques
- Guidelines for prosecutors and expert witnesses involved in the court process
- Common neurodevelopmental outcomes of abusive head trauma
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Lori Frasier | Kay Rauth-Farley | Randell Alexander
Abusive Head Trauma Quick Reference
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Lori Frasier is the medical director of Medical Assessment at the Center for Safe and Healthy Families at Primary Children's Medical Center and associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Utah School of Medicine in Salt Lake City, Utah. Formerly, she was an assistant professor of Child Health and the director of the Child Protection Program and Division of General Pediatrics at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Dr. Frasier graduated from the University of Utah College of Medicine in 1995, completed her pediatric residency at the Children's Hospital and Medical Center/University of Washington in Seattle, Washington, and held a fellowship at the University of Washington's Sexual Assault Center. Dr. Frasier has authored several articles and chapters and lectured locally, regionally, and nationally on subjects related to child maltreatment.
Content
1. Recognizing Intentional and Unintentional Head Injuries
2. Biomechanics
3. Neuroradiology
4. Neurosurgery
5. Ophthalmology
6. Associated Injuries
7. Medial Disorders That Mimic Abusive Head Trauma
8. Nursing Care
9. Social Services
10. Autopsy Findings
11. Forensic Investigations
12. Prosecution and Courtroom Issues
13. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes of Abusive
14. Head Trauma
15. Prevention and Education
2. Biomechanics
3. Neuroradiology
4. Neurosurgery
5. Ophthalmology
6. Associated Injuries
7. Medial Disorders That Mimic Abusive Head Trauma
8. Nursing Care
9. Social Services
10. Autopsy Findings
11. Forensic Investigations
12. Prosecution and Courtroom Issues
13. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes of Abusive
14. Head Trauma
15. Prevention and Education
