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By Robert M. Reece. 466 pp., illustrated. Philadelphia, Lea and Febiger, 1994. $69.50. ISBN 0-8121-1498-1.

Child Abuse: Medical Diagnosis and Management sets a new standard for scholarly, unbiased, and well-balanced writing about child abuse. The editor and 25 contributors provide state-of-the-art reviews on child sexual abuse, head trauma, ocular signs of abuse, skeletal findings, failure to thrive, poisoning, and dental neglect -- to name a few of the topics.

Detecting and confirming child abuse is a difficult task. Challenging obstacles are met in the search, but with effort and the application of new and sophisticated diagnostic techniques, these obstacles can be overcome. This book offers guidelines for evaluation and solid scientific data to document established . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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