Safeguarding children in primary health care:
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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London, UK Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2009
Series:Best practice in working with children series
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-265) and indexes
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
Safeguarding children from harm has, until recently, been driven primarily by social work practitioners. With current shifts in child care and protection practice and policy, combined with an overwhelming message of 'working together', primary health care professionals have an increasingly central part to play. There is a strong argument that cases of suspected child abuse and neglect should warrant the same level of urgent response as any potentially fatal childhood illness. This book provides an overview of the challenges primary health care professionals now face in recognising and respondi
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (272 pages)
ISBN:1846429536
9781846429538

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