Non-Accidental Head Injury in Young Children

Explores non-accidental head injury in babies and young children. Topics include constructing and deconstructing shaken baby syndrome, clinical identification of non-accidental head injury, proving non-accidental head injury, and more. for social workers and health professionals. Softcover. DNLM: Child Abuse-legislation & jurisprudence-Great Britain.

Tom Sanders is a lecturer in medical sociology at the Division of Primary Care, University of Manchester.

Foreword	p. 7
Introduction	p. 9
The Problem of Child Abuse: Recognition, Responses and Re-evaluations	p. 13
Constructing and Deconstructing Shaken Baby Syndrome: Changing Cultural Definitions and Medical Practice	p. 36
Clinical Identification of Non-Accidental Head Injury: Examining the 'Social' Risk Factors	p. 56
Proving Non-Accidental Head Injury: From Mere Suspicion to Proof Beyond All Reasonable Doubt	p. 78
Causation, Scientific Evidence and Shaken Baby Syndrome: An Example of a Medical Controversy	p. 113
Responding to Non-Accidental Head Injury: Changes and Challenges	p. 144
The Research Project	p. 166
References	p. 177
Cases	p. 185
Subject Index	p. 186
Author Index	p. 191
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