576 pages, 170 images, 43 contributors
This latest edition of Nursing Approach to Child Maltreatment is an invaluable resource to nurse and other professionals in a position to identify and report child maltreatment. Such professionals include pediatric nurses, family nurse practitioners. school nurses, advanced practice nurses, and social service personnel.
Nursing Approach to the Evaluation of Child Maltreatment clearly demonstrates how to identify abuse and details both common and unusual types of child maltreatment. Edited by a forensic and psychiatric clinical specialist, with chapters contributed by experts in fields related to child maltreatment, this authoritative reference is a must-have for nurses, nurse practitioners, and professionals who may encounter child abuse in the clinical setting.

To provide nurses and nurse practitioners with an expanded understanding of child maltreatment, this text covers a wide range of relevant topics, including:
-Domestic violence and its effect on children
-Online victimization and child sexual exploitation on the Web
-Munchausen's syndrome by proxy
-Legal issues related to child maltreatment

Table of Contents
1. The Problem of Child Abuse and Neglect
2. Presentation and Overview of the Evaluation of
Child Maltreatment
3. History and the Healthcare Interview
4. The Physical Examination in the Evaluation of Suspected Child Maltreatment: Physical Abuse and Sexual Abuse Examinations
5. Laboratory Findings, Diagnostic Testing, and Forensic Specimens in Cases of Child Sexual Abuse
6. Sexually Transmitted Infection in the Setting
of Maltreatment
7. Differential Diagnosis: Conditions That Mimic
Child Maltreatment
8. Clinical Aspects of Child Neglect
9. Documenting the Evaluation of Suspected Child Maltreatment Cases
10. Mental Health Aspects of Child Survivors of
Abuse and Neglect
11. Sexual Abuse of Adolescents
12. When the Medical System is Misused: The Condition Formerly Known as Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy
13. Child Protective Services and Child Abuse
14. Legal Issues
15. Children in the Violent Home: The Relationship Between Intimate Partner Violence and Child Maltreatment
16. Risks to Children in the Digital Age of the Internet and Social Networking
17. Prevention of Child Maltreatment
18. Human Trafficking: A Health Care Perspective
19. Substance Dependence and Child Maltreatment
20. Forensic Nursing