Family Practice Guidelines

This eye-opening monograph challenges professionals across disciplines to take a more thorough and focused approach to addressing child physical abuse at the practice and policy levels. Positing child physical abuse as a public health crisis (as opposed to a more vague “social” one), the authors use empirical findings and clinical insights to advocate for wide-scale reforms in screening, assessment, responses, treatment, and prevention.

by Luanne Linnard-Palmer (Author)

by Marianne Matzo PhD APRN-CNP FPCN FAAN (Editor), Deborah Witt Sherman PhD APRN ANP-BC ACHPN FAAN (Editor)
“This 5th edition is an important achievement; it is a symbol of commitment to the field of palliative nursing, where we have been and where we are going.”

- Betty Rolling Ferrell, PhD, MA, FAAN, FPCN, CHPN

Those who work with children and young people have a responsibility to safeguard and promote their welfare. Recognizing and detecting signs of emotional abuse and neglect is an important responsibility as well as a key skill. As well as ensuring that children and young people are free from harm, it is equally important to ensure their well–being and quality of life.