600 pages, 1177 images, with 32 contributors The first volume in the fourth edition of Chadwick's Child Maltreatment provides an overview of the signs and effects of physical abuse and neglect toward children. The clinical text includes essential information for professionals who work to identify, treat, and prevent child physical abuse and neglect. More than 30 medical experts collaborated to provide the latest clinical data and research on topics ranging from burns and bruises in child maltreatment to oral injuries and the effects of chemical abuse. Chadwick's Child Maltreatment, Volume One: Physical Abuse and Neglect features clinical text accompanied by a photographic atlas in the back of the book that includes current case studies and more than 1100 images and illustrations that complement many of the main topics included in the clinical text, plus chapters on radiology and photodocumentation.

David L. Chadwick, MD is the Director Emeritus of the Chadwick Center for Children and Families at Rady Children's Hospital - San Diego. He has engaged in clinical work with abused children since 1960.

1. Overview of Child Maltreatment 2. Skeletal and Visceral Radiological Imaging 3. Abusive Head Trauma 4. Burns in Child Maltreatment 5. Bruises in Child Maltreatment 6. Ophthalmic Manifestations 7. Oral Injuries 8. Thoracoabdominal Injuries in Physically Abused Children 9. The Chemically Abused Child 10. Neglect and Abandonment 11. Failure to Thrive 12. Head Injuries Atlas 13. Burns Atlas 14. Bruises Atlas 15. Ophthalmology Atlas 16. Oral Injuries Atlas 17. Thoracoabdominal Imaging in Non-Accidental Injury Atlas 18. Radiology Atlas 19. Photodocumentation Atlas 20. Physical Abuse Documentation Atlas 21. Demonstrations Atlas 22. Neglect Atlas 23. Documentation of Neglect Atlas