Family law

For many years family law was viewed as a study of the regulation of clearly defined relationships of husband and wife and parent and child.

The emergence of Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS) presents an object lesson in the dangers that lie at the intersection of science and criminal law.

Over recent decades, tremendous advances in the prevention, medical treatment, and quality of life issues in children and adolescents surviving cancer have spawned a host of research on pediatric psychosocial oncology.

This second edition of Helping in Child Protective Services: A Competency-Based Casework Handbook is a comprehensive desk reference that serves as both a daily guide for workers and a training tool for supervisors and administrators.

Child maltreatment professionals from all disciplines struggle to find better ways of understanding and treating the families and children affected by maltreatment.

Violence in the home is one of the most damaging and widespread of social problems.

Children with life-threatening and terminal illnesses--and their families--require a unique kind of care to meet a wide variety of needs.

This book examines the present state of family law in America.

This book examines the present state of family law in America.

Each year more than 2 million Americans divorced, and most of them use a lawyer.

Men and women have always bargained for sex.

How do lawyers think about and make the important decisions that constitute the day-to-day practice of law?

Contemporary marriage involves complex notions of both connection and freedom.

This book introduces readers to the concept of parental alienation (PA), a belief system that is used with increasing frequency in judicial child custody and parenting plan decisions.

This third volume in a series on Comparative Succession Law concerns the entitlement of family members to override the provisions of a deceased person's will to obtain money or assets (or more money or assets) from the person's estate.

Today there are no common international rules as to which state's law shall be applied when a married couple have connections with more than one state e.

Today there are no common international rules as to which state's law shall be applied when a married couple have connections with more than one state e.

Our understanding of how pain in early life differs to that in maturity is continuing to increase and develop, using a combination of approaches from basic science, clinical science, and implementation science.

Our understanding of how pain in early life differs to that in maturity is continuing to increase and develop, using a combination of approaches from basic science, clinical science, and implementation science.

The importance of palliative care for children facing life threatening illness and their families is now widely acknowledged as an essential part of care, which should be available to all children and families, throughout the child's illness and at the end of life.

Developments in the law, scholarship, and research since 2006 form a substantial part of the second edition of this book which sets the governance of personal relationships in the context of the exercise of social and personal power.

Emergency nursing requires rapid assessment and decision-making.

The outcome for children with cancer has shown enormous improvement since the first edition of this book was published in 1975.

The outcome for children with cancer has shown enormous improvement since the first edition of this book was published in 1975.

The first comprehensive look at the global dilemma of child migrationWhy, despite massive public concern, is child trafficking on the rise?

Current Legal Issues, like its sister volume Current Legal Problems (now available in journal format), is based upon an annual colloquium held at Univesity College London.

Current Legal Issues, like its sister volume Current Legal Problems (now available in journal format), is based upon an annual colloquium held at Univesity College London.

Now in its third edition, this work has established itself as a key point of reference on English private law for lawyers in the UK and throughout the world.

Now in its third edition, this work has established itself as a key point of reference on English private law for lawyers in the UK and throughout the world.

The Protections for Religious Rights is the first practitioner work to offer a full and systematic treatment of the law as it pertains to religious rights in the UK and abroad.

The Protections for Religious Rights is the first practitioner work to offer a full and systematic treatment of the law as it pertains to religious rights in the UK and abroad.

Children's nurses are faced with unique challenges when undertaking clinical skills, adapting their knowledge and practice for the physical and developmental age of their patients.

Children's nurses are faced with unique challenges when undertaking clinical skills, adapting their knowledge and practice for the physical and developmental age of their patients.

This book is a survival guide for all nurses who provide emergency care to children and young people.

This book is a survival guide for all nurses who provide emergency care to children and young people.

One in 70 children are admitted to paediatric intensive care (PIC) at some time during childhood.

Focuses on nurturing the emotional health of patients and families to ensure improved outcomesThis innovative clinical practice resource for neonatal nurses embodies family-centered care strategies for optimal outcomes through every phase of the NICU experience.

Enabling nurses to deliver safe and effective care and to achieve the best possible results for their patients, the Oxford Handbook of Children's and Young People's Nursing, 2nd edition is concise and practical guide to all aspects of the CYP nurse's role.

Among the elementary human stories, parenthood has tended to go without saying.

Among the elementary human stories, parenthood has tended to go without saying.

The foundations of health and wellbeing are laid down in pregnancy and the early years.

The foundations of health and wellbeing are laid down in pregnancy and the early years.

The European Convention on Human Rights is one of the most influential human rights documents in existence, in terms of its scope, impact, and jurisdiction.

The European Convention on Human Rights is one of the most influential human rights documents in existence, in terms of its scope, impact, and jurisdiction.

This volume brings together new essays in law and philosophy on a broad range of topics in children's and family law.

This volume brings together new essays in law and philosophy on a broad range of topics in children's and family law.

Family Law practice has undergone a period of rapid and significant change with the removal of legal aid funding and the establishment of the single Family Court in particular represent major adjustment for those working in the field.

Family Law practice has undergone a period of rapid and significant change with the removal of legal aid funding and the establishment of the single Family Court in particular represent major adjustment for those working in the field.

Enabling nurses to deliver safe and effective care and to achieve the best possible results for their patients, the Oxford Handbook of Children's and Young People's Nursing, 2nd edition is a concise and practical guide to all aspects of the nurse's role.

Around 85 children die each year in the UK due to abuse or neglect.