Physical and Emotional Abuse and Neglect (Child Abuse: A Multidisciplinary Survey)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: March 1, 1995
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 474
ISBN-13: 9780815318132
Subjects: Anthropology; Cultural studies; Sociology - General; Services For Abused Children; Social Science; Self-Help; Sociology; United States; Abuse - General; Social Science / Sociology / General; Child Abuse
First sentence: HOSPITAL SOCIAL WORKERS, along with their colleagues in other professions, appear strangely unaware of a rare hospital phenomenon that cries dramatically for attention-evidence of unbelievably primitive transactions that take place beyond our gaze, safe from our curious questions, and thus an index of social pathology which would seem to merit more attention.