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Main description:
Containing concise but detailed summaries on a comprehensive range of clinical scenarios and conditions likely to be encountered by trainees, paediatricians, therapists, nurses, and allied professionals in their day-to-day practice, Community Paediatrics is the ideal companion for anyone working with children in the community.
The handbook is organized according to the different sub-specialities of community paediatrics, such as child development, neurodevelopmental disorders, and child protection, and incorporates the latest recommendations from current practice, consensus statements, and good practice guidelines.
Written by a vast range of contributors from various disciplines who are local, regional, national or international experts in their field, it also contains sections on support organizations, sources of further information/reading, and useful appendices, such as developmental milestones, growth, and BMI centile charts.
If you are a health professional working or aspiring to work in the community, then this practical, easy-to-carry, quick-reference handbook is a 'must-have' title, enabling the reader to deliver the highest quality holistic child-centred care.
Contents:
1. Introduction to community paediatrics ; 2. Working with child and family ; 3. Development ; 4. Neurodisability ; 5. Consults with allied professionals ; 6. Neurology for community paediatricians ; 7. Vision ; 8. Audiology ; 9. Mental health ; 10. Genetics for community paediatricians ; 11. Orthopaedics for community paediatricians ; 12. Child abuse ; 13. Adoption, fostering and looked after children ; 14. Social paediatrics ; 15. Educational paediatrics ; 16. Working with partner agencies ; 17. Public health ; 18. Support organisations ; 19. References and further reading ; Appendices
PRODUCT DETAILS
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: September, 2012
Pages: 688
Dimensions: 100.00 x 105.00 x 23.00
Weight: 316g
Availability: Not available (reason unspecified)
Subcategories: Nursing, Paediatrics and Neonatal, Public Health
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