The Battered Child - 5th Edition

Previous editions of The Battered Child have earned the accolades of "a classic" and "a bible." While updating and significantly adding to previous editions, this volume retains the multidisciplinary and comprehensive approach that initially set the work apart. Containing chapters from professionals in such diverse fields as pediatrics, psychiatry, legal studies, and social work, twenty of the book's thirty chapters are entirely new. With up-to-date information, reflecting the past decade's advances in research and techniques, unequaled scope, and contributions from experts on every aspect of child abuse, this fifth edition is even more essential to the field than its predecessors.