Pediatric Homicide : Medical Investigation.
Suitable for medical examiners, police, child abuse investigators and attorneys, this work focuses on forensic pathology aspects. It covers typical causes of death, including asphyxiation, intentional drowning, abdominal trauma, head injury, poisoning and intentional starvation.
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| Language: | English |
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Hoboken :
CRC Press,
2009
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Front cover; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Editor; Contributors; Chapter 1. Intentional Head Injury in Infants and Young Children; Chapter 2. Neonaticide; Chapter 3. Intentional Suffocation in Infants and Young Children; Chapter 4. Inflicted Fatal Thoracic and Abdominal Injuries in Infants and Young Children; Chapter 5. Child Abuse by Drowning; Chapter 6. Supporting Evidence in Physical Child Abuse; Chapter 7. Intentional Starvation/ Malnutrition and Dehydration in Children; Chapter 8. Proving Pediatric Poisoning in the Courtroom.
- Chapter 9. Timing of Death and Injuries in Infants and Young ChildrenIndex; Back cover.
