Mothers Surviving Child Sexual Abuse

<p>Despite increased recognition of the high incidence of child sexual abuse little attention has so far been paid to the women on whom children primarily depend for care adn protection - their mothers. Informed by theory and research on other situations involving loss secrecy and moral dilemmas as well as the rapidly accumulating knowledge of child sexual abuse <em>Mothers Surviving Child Sexual Abuse</em> offers a new analysis of mother's reactions and resposes presenting a fresh perspective on a shocking porblem for practitioners and policy-makers involved in child protection as well as students and lecturers of social work and social studies and women's studies.</p>