Shaking and other non-accidental head injuries in children / edited by Robert Minns and J. Keith Brown.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / Alan Craft -- Preface -- 1. Neurological perspectives on non-accidental head injury and whiplash/shaken baby syndrome: an overview / Robert A. Minns and J Keith Brown -- 2. The biomechanics of shaking / Chris N Morison and Robert A. Minns -- 3. The epidemiology of non-accidental head injury / John H Livingston and Anne-Marie Childs -- 4. Non-accidental heal injury in Scotland: the Scottish database / Robert A Minns et al -- 5. Haemorrhagic retinopathy of shaking injury: clinical and pathological aspects / Kristina May, M Andrew Parsons and Robert Doran -- 6. Ultrasound and computed tomography in the diagnosis of non-accidental head injury / Tim Jaspan -- 7. Initial and sequential MRI in non-accidental head injury / Maeve McPhillips -- 8. Skeletal injuries / Stephanie Mackenzie -- 9. Mechanisms and management of subdural haemorrhage / Jonathan Punt -- 10. Non-surgical treatment of acute encephalopathies / K Kamath Tallur, Robert A Minns and J Keith Brown -- 11. The neuropathology of non-accidental head injury / Jeanne E Bell -- 12 Outcome and prognosis of non-accidental head injury in infants / Robert A Minns, Patricia A Jones and Karen M Barlow -- 13. Child protection and the prevention of abuse / Jacqueline YQ Mok -- 14. Shaken baby syndrome and police procedure / Phillip Wheeler -- 15. Legal aspects of shaken baby syndrome / Cathy Cobley -- 16. Assessment and decision-making in non-accidental head injury cases: a social work perspective / Elaine Ennis -- Glossary / Nina Punt -- Index.