This book provides guidance to all professionals working with children who present with
injuries neglect illness falsification and other forms of child abuse. Clinical findings and
the current literature are analyzed. The author's clinical experience is shared to assist the
reader in diagnosing the cause of injury and other presentations. This text is the result of
many years of experience in the UK working with children in an East London hospital (which
receives over 1000 children a week through the children's Emergency Department) and the
analysis of over 400 cases for the Family and Crown Courts. Mainstream opinions the medical
literature and examples from extensive experience on the wards and in Court are discussed.
Pediatric Forensic Evidence is aimed at doctors lawyers the Courts social workers health
visitors teachers the police and others guiding them through the analysis of injury and when
to raise concerns.
