Elsewhere in this issue of Pediatrics the problem of the physically abused child is considered in papers and in a Commentary. This small pamphlet, a joint meeting at the Annual Forum of the National Conference of Social Welfare, held in New York, May 31, 1962, is a useful source of well-considered information for those who wish a further reference. The authors: an executive of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, a pediatric neurologist, a psychiatrist, and a counsel of the Boston Legal Aid Society, know what they are writing about and present what they know with useful simplicity and brevity.
Caring for Our Own: Why There Is No Political Demand for New American Social Welfare Rights. By Sandra R. Levitsky. New York: Oxford University Press, 2014. Pp. xiv+210. $99.00 (cloth); $24.95 (paper).