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.