This practical guide provides a robust positive-parenting framework for professionals coaching parents of infants, toddlers, and primary school children. The first half of the book explains behaviorist and attachment theories of parenting, comparing, contrasting, and synthesizin…
Describes a way of understanding and communicating with children who are not speaking, but rather using their bodies and somatic symptoms to express states of mind. This book is particularly important for mental health professionals, teachers and parents who are encountering 'a …
When caring for the well or ill child, recognising and responding to their anatomical and physiological differences is essential. Fundamentals of Children's Anatomy and Physiology provides child nursing students and registered nurses with a succinct but complete overview of the …
Update in pediatrics
This concise and comprehensive volume updates health professionals on recent advances in the field of pediatrics. It includes chapters in every subspecialty of pediatrics, such as critical care, development emergency medicine and genetics. Ranging from traditional disciplines su…
This book is designed to succinctly cover the pathophysiology, epidemiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis and treatment, and important aspects of preventative care for the most frequently encountered neonatal and congenital infections. The first section discusses common neon…
Fad diets have influenced our society for hundreds of years. While they are heterogeneous in nature, they make many of the same promises: weight loss, fat burning, muscle building, flatter stomachs, improved gut health, clearer skin, and protection of animal rights and the envir…
This quick reference on pediatric infectious diseases of the ear, nose, and throat provides reliable assistance in decision-making and management. To this end, numerous diagnostic and treatment algorithms are included. Practicing pediatricians, primary care practitioners, and ot…
Providing the most current information on injuries to the head and neck sustained by young athletes, this practical text presents a thorough review of the complex and emerging issues for youths and adolescents involved in contact/collision sports. While concussions are among the…
'The Patient History' teaches students the steps in history taking, using an evidence-based approach. This edition features case studies which open each chapter, putting the principles in clinical context.
Puberty: physiology and abnormalities
Bringing together the latest knowledge on the growth and development of children and the most important abnormalities of puberty, this comprehensive text presents the current views on the pathogenesis, diagnostic possibilities and therapeutic options of the main deviations from …
JIMD Reports publishes case and short research reports in the area of inherited metabolic disorders. Case reports highlight some unusual or previously unrecorded feature relevant to the disorder, or serve as an important reminder of clinical or biochemical features of a Mendelia…
Pediatric Neurotoxicology Academic and Psychosocial Outcomes Cynthia A. Riccio and Jeremy R. Sullivan, editors This comprehensive guide details the harmful effects of a wide range of neurotoxins on the developing brain, emphasizing cognitive, academic, emotional, and behavioral …
Health promotion for children and adolescents
"This timely volume surveys the broad spectrum of interventions used in health promotion, and shows how they may be tailored to the developmental needs of children and adolescents. Its multilevel lifespan approach reflects concepts of public health as inclusive, empowering, and …
This comprehensive book covers the knowledge needed to diagnosis and treat patients with acute and chronic pain. Sections dedicated to patient evaluation, medication management, treating patients with more complex circumstances and interventional management provide clinically-re…
British national formulary for children 2011-2012: the essential resource for clinical use of medici…
by British Medical Association, Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, Paediatric Formulary Committee, Neonatal and Paediatric Pharmacists Group, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health