In this guide, Reece (pediatrics, Tufts University School of Medicine) and Christian (pediatrics, The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) emphasize a pediatric approach to the diagnosis and management of child maltreatment, but the book is also accessible to others who work with children, including social workers, law enforcement, lawyers, judges, and mental heath professionals. The book provides practical, evidence-based guidelines for the medical, surgical, radiographic, and laboratory aspects of child abuse and neglect, and clarifies the psychological dynamics that happen in the context of abuse. This third edition contains new chapters on abusive head trauma, interviewing child victims of sexual abuse, adolescent sexual assault, unusual manifestations of abuse and neglect, pathology seen in fatal child abuse, and neurobiology and the long-term effects of early abuse. The book contains about 250 color and b&w illustrations, including color photos illustrating manifestations of abuse, and b&w diagnostic images. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)