Unexpected Death in Childhood

For families who have experienced the death of a child, their private tragedy is all too often exacerbated by an inappropriate or incompetent professional response. For the professional charged with the responsibility of having to deal with unexpected child deaths, such as a pediatrician, a police officer, or social worker, this title offers guidance on how to respond adequately to this tragic event but also places the subject in a larger social context, examining the history, epidemiology, causes, and contributory factors surrounding the death of a child. The book also covers the prevalence and types of death, the role of the police in an unexpected child death, how to support families, how to undertake a serious case review, and how to prevent child deaths in the future. Part of the prestigious NSPCC Wiley Series in Safeguarding Children - The Multi-Professional Approach.

ISBN 0470060964   Volumes 1 ISBN13 9780470060964 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 540 Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd   Published in Chicester Imprint Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)   Series ISSN 17 Format Paperback   Series title Wiley Child Protection & Policy Series Publication date 21 Dec 2007   Height (mm) 229 Library of Congress 2007026602   Width (mm) 154 DEWEY 155.937   Spine width (mm) 21 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Professional / Scholarly Pages 368

		A Note on Terminology
		List of Contributors
		Acknowledgements
I		Understanding Childhood Death		1
1		A Family's Journey by Ann Chalmers		3
2		Childhood Deaths in Context by Peter Sidebotham and Peter Fleming		10
3		Natural Causes of Unexpected Childhood Deaths by Peter Fleming and Peter Sidebotham		25
4		Sudden Infant Death Syndrome by Peter Blair		41
5		Deaths from Unintentional Injuries by Jo Sibert and Peter Sidebotham		61
6		Fatal Child Maltreatment by Peter Sidebotham		75
II		Responding When a Child Dies		95
7		Responding to Unexpected Child Deaths by Peter Sidebotham and Peter Fleming		97
8		Police Investigation in Unexpected Childhood Deaths by John Fox		132
9		The Paediatric Post-Mortem Examination by Phil Cox		154
10		Supporting Families by Alison Stewart and Ann Dent		170
III		Learning Lessons		203
11		Reviewing Child Deaths by Martin Ward Platt		205
12		Serious Case Reviews by Paul Tudor and Peter Sidebotham		232
		Appendices
1		Emergency Department Flow Chart and Checklist		252
2		History Proforma		256
3		Physical Examination Proforma		259
4		Laboratory Investigations		260
5		Scene Examination Proforma		263
6		Resources for Bereaved Adults		265
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