Non-Accidental Head Injury in Young Children
Medical, Legal and Social Responses
Cathy Cobley and Tom Sanders
Foreword by the Rt. Hon. Lord Justice Wall
Paperback: £22.99 / $36.95
2006, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 192pp
ISBN: 978-1-84310-360-8, BIC 2: JFFE1
Introduction. 1. The Problem of Child Abuse: Recognition, Responses and Re-Evaluations. 2. Constructing and Deconstructing Shaken Baby Syndrome: Changing Cultural Definitions and Medical Practice. 3. Clinical Identification of Non-accidental Head Injury: Examining the `Social' Risk Factors. 4. Proving Non-accidental Head Injury: From Mere Suspicion to Proof Beyond All Reasonable Doubt. 5. Causation, Scientific Evidence and Shaken Baby Syndrome: An Example of a Medical Controversy. 6. Responding to Non-accidental Head Injury: Changes and Challenges. Appendix: The Research Project. References. Cases. Subject index. Author index.
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