Family Violence and the Caring Professions

PAUL KINGSTON is a Research Fellow in the Department of Applied Social Studies at the University of Keele. BRIDGET PENHALE is Team Leader of a team of hospital social workers for the Social Services Department, Norfolk County Council.

Foreword; O. Stevenson.- Acknowledgements .- List of Contributors.- Introduction: Family Violence: Framing the Issues; P. Kingston & B. Penhale.- PART 1: CHILD ABUSE Child.- Abuse: An Academic .- Overview; C. Hallett.- Child Abuse: The Health Perspective; S. Wheeler.- Social Perspectives in Child Abuse; J. Ogg & J. Dickens.- PART II: ADULT ABUSE.- Domestic Violence: An Overview; N. Johnson.- Health Professionals and Violence against Women;J. Pahl.- Social Work and Domestic Violence; S. Lloyd.- PART III: ELDER ABUSE.- Elder Abuse: A Critical Overview; C. Phillipson & Simon Biggs.- Health Perspectives and Elder Abuse; G.C.H. Bennett.- Social Perspectives on Elder Abuse; P. Kingston & B. Penhale.- Conclusion: Similarities, Differences and Synthesis; B. Penhale & P. Kingston.- Bibliography Index.