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Safeguarding Children in Primary Health Care.
Title:
Safeguarding Children in Primary Health Care.
Author:
Whittaker, Anne.
ISBN:
9781846429538
Personal Author:
Physical Description:
1 online resource (276 pages)
Series:
Best Practice in Working with Children
Contents:
FRONT COVER -- Safeguarding Children in Primary Health Care -- Contents -- FOREWORD -- 1 Safeguarding Children in Primary Health Care: An Introduction -- Part 1 Roles and Remits of Primary Health Care Professionals -- 2 Preparing for the Special Challenge of Sexual Abuse -- 3 Child Protection: A Dutch GP's Perspective -- 4 The Role of the Paediatrician in Safeguarding Children -- 5 The Role of Primary Care Dentist in Safeguarding Children -- 6 Violence in the Community -- Part 2 Practical Interventions Suitable for Primary Health Care -- 7 Safeguarding and Promoting the Wellbeing of Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder -- 8 Communication, Behaviour and Child Protection -- 9 Protection Through Emotional Responsiveness -- 10 Assessment and Interventions for Child Trauma and Abuse -- Part 3 Strategic Interventions in and Beyond Primary Health Care -- 11 Proactive in Protection: A Public Health Approach to Child Protection -- 12 The Role of the Child Health Commissioner in Safeguarding Children -- 13 Child Death Review -- Part 4 Safeguarding Challenges in the Primary Health Care Context -- 14 Parental Problem Drug Use -- 15 The Limits, Challenges and Opportunities of Safeguarding Children in the Context of Primary Care -- 16 Safeguarding Children Where There May be Concerns about Ritualistic Abuse or Spirit Possession -- THE CONTRUBUTORS -- REFERENCES -- SUBJECT INDEX -- AUTHOR INDEX -- back cover.
Abstract:
This book provides an overview of the challenges primary health care professionals now face in recognising and responding to concerns about a child's safety from abuse and neglect. It provides practical accounts and perspectives from a range of frontline practitioners, backed up by theoretical insights from leading academics in the field.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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