Tanya S. Hinds, MD, FAAP, is a pediatrician at the Freddie Mac Foundation Child and Adolescent Protection Center at Children’s National Health System in Washington, DC. Dr. Hinds also is assistant professor of Pediatrics at The George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences.Angelo P. Giardino, MD, PhD, is senior vice president/chief quality officer at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston, Texas. He also is a professor of Pediatrics and section chief of Academic General Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. Dr. Giardino is a Distinguished Fellow of the American College of Medical Quality, and sub-boarded in Child Abuse Pediatrics by the American Board of Pediatrics. He is a recipient of the Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. Faculty Excellence Award, and is a board member for several national and regional boards. Dr. Giardino's academic accomplishments include publishing several textbooks on child abuse and neglect and medical education, presenting on a variety of pediatric topics at national and regional conferences, and publishing numerous chapters on education, mentoring, child maltreatment, and quality improvement. He also is co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of Applied Research on Children: Informing Policy for Children at Risk.

“The book is written for a medically informed community, but those working in the child welfare arena and others can read this book and comprehend its content. … This book adds to the current resources addressing the need to appreciate that child abuse must be viewed in paradigm similar to all other medical entities … and how important these components are to encourage the medical community's embrace of its role in diagnosis, intervention, and prevention.” (Jill Glick, Doody's Book Reviews, January, 2018)

• Models and Frameworks.- Clinical Practice.- Related Professions.-  Legislation/Regulation Landscape.- Policy Direction.- Looking Towards the Future.

Tanya S. Hinds, MD, FAAP, is a pediatrician at the Freddie Mac Foundation Child and Adolescent Protection Center at Children’s National Health System in Washington, DC. Dr. Hinds also is assistant professor of Pediatrics at The George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences.Angelo P. Giardino, MD, PhD, is senior vice president/chief quality officer at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston, Texas. He also is a professor of Pediatrics and section chief of Academic General Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. Dr. Giardino is a Distinguished Fellow of the American College of Medical Quality, and sub-boarded in Child Abuse Pediatrics by the American Board of Pediatrics. He is a recipient of the Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. Faculty Excellence Award, and is a board member for several national and regional boards. Dr. Giardino's academic accomplishments include publishing several textbooks on child abuse and neglect and medical education, presenting on a variety of pediatric topics at national and regional conferences, and publishing numerous chapters on education, mentoring, child maltreatment, and quality improvement. He also is co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of Applied Research on Children: Informing Policy for Children at Risk.

“The book is written for a medically informed community, but those working in the child welfare arena and others can read this book and comprehend its content. … This book adds to the current resources addressing the need to appreciate that child abuse must be viewed in paradigm similar to all other medical entities … and how important these components are to encourage the medical community's embrace of its role in diagnosis, intervention, and prevention.” (Jill Glick, Doody's Book Reviews, January, 2018)

• Models and Frameworks.- Clinical Practice.- Related Professions.-  Legislation/Regulation Landscape.- Policy Direction.- Looking Towards the Future.

Tanya S. Hinds, MD, FAAP, is a pediatrician at the Freddie Mac Foundation Child and Adolescent Protection Center at Children’s National Health System in Washington, DC. Dr. Hinds also is assistant professor of Pediatrics at The George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences.Angelo P. Giardino, MD, PhD, is senior vice president/chief quality officer at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston, Texas. He also is a professor of Pediatrics and section chief of Academic General Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. Dr. Giardino is a Distinguished Fellow of the American College of Medical Quality, and sub-boarded in Child Abuse Pediatrics by the American Board of Pediatrics. He is a recipient of the Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. Faculty Excellence Award, and is a board member for several national and regional boards. Dr. Giardino's academic accomplishments include publishing several textbooks on child abuse and neglect and medical education, presenting on a variety of pediatric topics at national and regional conferences, and publishing numerous chapters on education, mentoring, child maltreatment, and quality improvement. He also is co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of Applied Research on Children: Informing Policy for Children at Risk.

“The book is written for a medically informed community, but those working in the child welfare arena and others can read this book and comprehend its content. … This book adds to the current resources addressing the need to appreciate that child abuse must be viewed in paradigm similar to all other medical entities … and how important these components are to encourage the medical community's embrace of its role in diagnosis, intervention, and prevention.” (Jill Glick, Doody's Book Reviews, January, 2018)

• Models and Frameworks.- Clinical Practice.- Related Professions.-  Legislation/Regulation Landscape.- Policy Direction.- Looking Towards the Future.