Awards

• Winner of Commended in the Primary Health Care category of the 2003 BMA Medical Book Competition.

Overview

This book deals with child abuse and neglect as it presents itself in primary care. All health professionals, including those who work in primary care, have an important role to play in the child protection process. Inappropriate management of suspected instances of child abuse may result in serious implications for the child, family and involved professionals. Primary health care teams have specific and unmet training needs in this area and many general practitioners express anxiety regarding their involvement in child protection work. The overall aim of this book is to enable members of the primary health care team to fulfil their responsibilities in the protection of children from the threat of abuse or neglect. Readers are made aware of the skills required both to protect children and to subsequently maintain relationships with families. The contents have been extended to include child protection issues in our multi-cultural society along with comparison of different systems across Europe. The book is primarily aimed at GPs and their teams; social workers and health care managers will also benefit from its unique treatment of child protection issues in a primary care setting. 'This book addresses these issues with sagacity and imagination. The reader (all primary care team members would benefit from it) is offered facts, skills, attitudes and insights to help in this difficult area. We can all do child protection better - let us use this book to achieve that aim.' From the foreword by Professor Michael Pringle, Immediate Past Chairman, Council of Royal College of General Practitioners

Full Product Details

Author:   Michael J. Bannon (, Associate Dean in Postgraduate Medicine, London Deanery) ,  Yvonne H. Carter (, Formerly Vice-Dean, Warwick Medical School) ,  Mike Pringle
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.392kg
ISBN:  

9780192632760

ISBN 10:   0192632760
Pages:   268
Publication Date:   05 December 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order  
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Table of Contents

Mike Bannon & Yvonne Carter, Introduction; Ximena Poblete, Overview of child abuse & neglect; Melanie Pace, The child protection process; Yvonne Carter & Michael Bannon, Child abuse and primary care; Geoff Debelle, Child protection in a multi-cultural society; Yvonne Carter, Michael Bannon, Neil Jackson & Mitch Blair, Training needs of primary health care; Chris Hobbs, Physical abuse; Jocelyn Jones & Anna Gupta, Neglect and its effects; Alyson Hall, Emotional abuse; Alison Mott, Sexual abuse; Christopher Cloke, Adult survivors; Leslie Davison & Margaret Lynch, Domestic violence; Fran Clift, Legal aspects; Enid Hendry, Roles and responsibilities; Anne-Marie Slowther, Ethics; Wendy Thorn & Michael Bannon: Child protection case conference; Tom Narducci: Working together as a team; Mary Mather, Looked after children; Ruth Bastable, Child protection and the PCGs; Rachael Heatherington, International perspectives; Kevin Browne & Catherine Hamilton, Future trends.

Reviews

This is an extremely useful and informative book that I really enjoyed reading. It is written in a very readable and accessible way; the individual chapters are short, succinct and well written, each by different authors with different perspectives but combining into a cohesive whole ... this is an excellent book that provides much in the way of good advice and good ideas not only for GPs and other members of primary care teams but also for other health and social care professionals who need an insight into the contribution of primary care to child protection. It would make an excellent standard text for all GPs, especially those in training. Child Abuse Review, Vol 13 An excellent book that merits careful study... this is a well-written, clear and readable text that covers its subject well and would make an excellent reference text. Family Practice

This is an extremely useful and informative book that I really enjoyed reading. It is written in a very readable and accessible way; the individual chapters are short, succinct and well written, each by different authors with different perspectives but combining into a cohesive whole ... this is an excellent book that provides much in the way of good advice and good ideas not only for GPs and other members of primary care teams but also for other health and social care professionals who need an insight into the contribution of primary care to child protection. It would make an excellent standard text for all GPs, especially those in training. Child Abuse Review, Vol 13 An excellent book that merits careful study... this is a well-written, clear and readable text that covers its subject well and would make an excellent reference text. Family Practice

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