Main description:

Any general practitioner, pediatrician, or emergency physician will appreciate the easy-to-read, accessible information available in this book which will assist the health care practitioner in managing the acute care of abused patients. It is not intended to be an exhaustive study of each topic, but a quick reference and practical guide for those in the clinical arena who see such patients. Covering a wide range of the abuse that a health care practitioner may see from domestic violence and child abuse to trafficking and torture, topics which are not commonly included in textbooks, it also discusses the cultural influences on managing and investigating abuse. Each chapter has goals and objectives to maximize educational reading on the topic, photographs and tables to assist the clinician, legal aspects of the emergency situation, and quick reference pages to assist the practitioner dealing with an abused patient in an emergency.

Contents:

1. The pediatric patient Jennifer Canter, Jamie Hoffman Rosenfeld, Neelofar K. Butt and Ann Botash; 2. Intimate partner violence Peggy E. Goodman; 3. Sexual assault Laura D. Melville; 4. The geriatric patient Jonathan Glauser; 5. Mentally ill or cognitively impaired patients Stephanie Cooper; 6. Immigrants and cultural taboos Indrani Sheridan; 7. Torture victims Moira Davenport; 8. Trafficking victims Fiona E. Gallahue; 9. Forensic photography Mary Ryan.