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Child Abuse Elective

Child Abuse Elective Reading

Child Abuse Elective faculty at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center suggest the following readings for the Child Abuse Elective candidates.

Texts:

  • Reece, Robert M.: Child Abuse, Medical Diagnosis and Management.
  • Heger, Astrid; Emans, S. Jean: Evaluation of the Sexually Abused Child.
  • Kleinman, Paul: Diagnostic Imaging of Child Abuse.
Articles:
  • Atabaki, S.; Paradise, J.: The medical evaluation of the sexually abused child: lessons from a decade of research. Pediatrics, 1999; 104: 178-186.
  • Botash, A. S.: Examination for sexual abuse in prepubertal children: an update. Pediatric Annals, 1997; 26: 312-320.
  • McCann, J.; Wells, R.; Simon, M.; Voris, J.: Genital findings in prepubertal girls selected for nonabuse: a descriptive study. Pediatrics, 1990; 86: 428-439.
  • McCann, J.; Voris, J.; Simon, M.: Genital injuries resulting from sexual abuse: a longitudinal study. Pediatrics, 1992; 89: 307-317.
  • Adams, J. A.; Harper, K.; Knudson, S.; Revilla, J.: Examination findings in legally confirmed child sexual abuse: it's normal to be normal. Pediatrics, 1994; 94: 310-317.
  • Duhaime, A.; Christian, C.; Rorke, L.; Zimmerman, R.: Nonaccidental head injury in infants-the "Shaken-Baby Syndrome". The New England Journal of Medicine, 1998; 338: 1822-1829.
  • Jenny, C.; Hymel, K. P.; Ritzen, A.: Analysis of missed cases of abusive head trauma. Journal of the Aerican Medical Association, 1999; 281: 621-626.
  • Sugar, N. F.; Taylor, J. A.; Feldman, K. W.: Bruising in infants and toddlers: Those who don't cruise rarely bruise. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, 1999; 153: 399-403.
  • Leonidas, J. C.: Skeletal trauma in the Child Abuse Syndrome. Pediatric Annals, 1983; 12:12: 875-881.
  • Bithony, W. G.; Dubowitz, H.; Egan, H.: Failure to Thrive / Growth Deficiency. Pediatrics in Review, 1992; 13: 453-459.
  • Byrk, M.; Siegel, P.: A Story of a Survivor of Munchausen By Proxy Syndrome. Pediatrics, 1997 100(1): 1-7.