Child Fatality Review: An Interdisciplinary Guide and Photographic Reference

Child Fatality Review is the first and only text available that is devoted to the child fatality review (CFR) process. It is designed to serve CFR team members, potential team members, and interested nonmembers as the only text they will need on child death review. The title details common types of child fatalities for professionals to use as a reference, including sections devoted to review procedures, the roles of each team member, and full-color photographs of various causes of child death and manners of death. Case studies illustrate abusive and accidental forms of death, including neglect, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), suicide, burning, drowning, genetic diseases, natural causes, and shaken baby syndrome. This text is a vital tool for all members of a child fatality review team, and can serve as a guide for anyone trying to form a team. While this illustrated text is an ideal tool for anyone who works on or with a child fatality review team, it is also a reference asset to any medical library. In the arena of education, Child Fatality Review is a valuable teaching tool in university social-work classes or law enforcement teaching facilities. Anyone potentially involved with a child fatality review team or in identifying child maltreatment should not miss out on this one-of-a-kind resource.