This bestselling book has been updated to take account of the rapid changes in child protection practices since the previous edition. In the United Kingdom, for instance, legal changes related to high profile cases such as the Victoria Climbié case which resulted in the Laming Report in 2003 followed by the Children's Act in 2004, have altered interagency and intra-agency procedures.

The need to understand child abuse and neglect in its historical, social and political context remains key to this book but the book has been broadened to include issues such as:
The exploitation and maltreatment of children world-wide (child trafficking, the impact of war on children, and child labour)
The commercial sexual exploitation of children
Treatment of child asylum seekers in Britain
Abuse of children on the internet
Controversy relating to child deaths (including Munchausen's syndrome by proxy)

The 75th anniversary edition of this dictionary has been greatly expanded, with 35 per cent more entries to include terminology in fast-changing, areas such as critical care, nutrition, sports and exercise, and oncology. Illustrations have also been included for the first time.

19.9.08

Starting a placement or rotation in an unfamiliar clinical area is exciting but can be daunting. CLINICAL CASE STUDIES IN PHYSIOTHERAPY provides invaluable advice and practical guidance on cases and problems encountered on a daily basis allowing you to work with ease and confidence. By adopting a problem solving approach to the cases through the use of questions and answers, the authors will help you to think constructively about each case within all the key specialities of physiotherapy.

30/9/08

Imaging represents the most dynamic sub-discipline of emergency medicine, as recent technological advances have revealed. The use of ultrasound, MRI, and CT scans has revolutionized the way that acute injuries and conditions are managed in the emergency room. More sophisticated imaging modalities are commonplace now, enabling acute conditions such as cardiac arrest, aortic aneurysm, and fetal trauma to be diagnosed within seconds.