Paediatrics Understanding Child Health

by Waterston, Tony; Platt, Martin Ward; Helms, Peter

• ISBN13: 9780192625649
• ISBN10: 0192625640
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-09-25
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

At last! A textbook which summarizes paediatrics in a concise, innovative, and memorable way. In line with the new medical curricula, this book is written for medical students in a way that reflects clinical practice. Genuine case histories are considered from the presentation of patients inthe primary care situation, through diagnosis of a condition and a clinical management. Paediatrics is subdivided into two sections, the first covering the child in health, the second the child in sickness. The book concentrates on common clinical conditions reflecting the importance of theseconditions to clinicians.

Table of Contents

Contributors	xi
SECTION A	5	(140)
1. The child in society	5	(18)
2. Setting priorities: epidemiology in child health	23	(20)
3. The normal child: child-centred health care	43	(22)
4. Prevention in child health	65	(16)
5. Child abuse and neglect	81	(16)
6. Emotional and behavioural problems	97	(22)
7. The child with a disability	119	(26)
SECTION B	145	(258)
8. The newborn	145	(26)
9. Accidents and poisoning	171	(26)
10. Heart disease	197	(12)
11. Skin disorders	209	(12)
12. Ear, nose, and throat problems	221	(12)
13. Eyes	233	(10)
14. Gastrointestinal disease and nutrition	243	(18)
15. Genetics	261	(16)
16. Growth and the endocrine system	277	(14)
17. Haematology and oncology	291	(20)
18. Infectious disease and immunology	311	(10)
19. Renal disease	321	(16)
20. Neurology	337	(16)
21. Orthopaedic problems	353	(14)
22. Respiratory problems	367	(18)
23. General surgical conditions	385	(10)
24. Looking forward to adult life	395	(8)
Further reading in paediatrics: some recommendations	403	(2)
Index	405