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A practical guide to forensic nursing :

by Amar, Angela,
Published by : Sigma Theta Tau International, (Indianapolis, IN :) Physical details: xxx, 360 pages, 15 pages of plates ; 23 cm ISBN:9781940446349; 1940446341. Year: 2016
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

What is forensic nursing? -- Forensic science 101 -- Neurobiology of trauma -- Response to victimization -- Theories of violence : victimization and perpetration -- Assessment of wounds and injury -- Theories of crime perpetration and the U.S. response to crime -- Murder, assault, and battery, stranger danger -- Intimate partner violence -- Sexual violence -- Child maltreatment -- Elder abuse -- Forensic mental health nursing -- Death investigation -- Correctional care concepts for nursing practice -- Forensic documentation and testimony -- Trauma-informed care -- Community violence intervention programs.

"...An evidence-based guide to understanding and applying forensic nursing science...introduce[s] practical and theoretical perspectives on violence and provide[s] valuable resources, including injury assessment and violence prevention strategies as well as an overview of relevant legal, ethical, societal, and policy issues..."--back cover.

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