Recognition of Child Abuse for the Mandated Reporter, Third Edition

Angelo P. Giardino MD PhD FAAP,Eileen R. Giardino PhD RN CRNP

ISBN 10: 187806052X / ISBN 13: 9781878060525

Published by G.W. Medical Publishing, 2002

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About the Author: Angelo P. Giardino, MD, PhD, MPH, FAAP
Dr. Giardino earned his medical degree at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and completed his pediatric residency at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. He earned his doctorate from the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania. He was named a clinical scholar at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar's Program at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and a research fellow in the Division of General Pediatrics at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. During fellowship training, he pursued specialized training in the evaluation of child abuse and neglect. In 1995, he founded the Abuse Referral Clinic for Children with Special Care Needs. This clinic provided interdisciplinary evaluations of children with disabilities who were suspected of having been abused. Currently, Dr. Giardino serves as an attending physician on the Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect (SCAN) team at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Dr. Giardino has served on several Boards of Directors, including the Support Center for Child Advocates (an advocacy organization providing social work services and legal support to children who have been maltreated), Bethany Christian Services of Greater Delaware Valley (a social services agency involved with Adoption and Foster Care) and the Philadelphia Branch Board of the Southeastern PA Chapter of the American Red Cross. He is a member of American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC) and an associate member of the International Association of Forensic Nurses. In addition, Dr. Giardino was elected to membership in the Helfer Society, an organization of physicians working on behalf of the care of children who have been abused and neglected. He continues to serve as an expert witness on issues related to child abuse in the Courts of Common Pleas in Philadelphia and Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He has co-authored several books and a number of peer reviewed articles on

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Title: Recognition of Child Abuse for the Mandated ...
Publisher: G.W. Medical Publishing
Publication Date: 2002
Binding: paperback
Condition: Very Good
Edition: 3rd Edition