Commonsense Paediatrics

As 'seasoned campaigners' we offer our readers more than 60 joint practice years of commonsense experience on children and their prob­ lems. Child care is a large and fascinating part of general family practice. More than any other discipline it is a mix of understanding the wide range of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Pollak, M., Fry, John (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 1986, 1986
Edition:1st ed. 1986
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Section I First Principles
  • 1. Children in the practice — Basic facts — Basic principles
  • 2. Roles in child care
  • Section II Behavioural and Developmental Problems
  • 3. Non-thrivers
  • 4. Non-eaters
  • 5. Non-sleepers
  • 6. Crying babies
  • 7. Late walkers
  • 8. Late talkers
  • 9. The overactive child
  • 10. School problems
  • 11. Learning problems
  • 12. Handicapped children
  • Section III Common Clinical Problems
  • 13. Catarrhal children
  • 14. Tummy aches
  • 15. Bowel problems — too much or too little
  • 16. The feverish child
  • 17. Spots and rashes
  • 18. Fits and funny turns
  • 19. Normal variants
  • 20. Accidents
  • 21. Non-accidental injuries
  • Section IV Society, Family and Community
  • 22. Problem families: children at risk
  • 23. Single (one) parent families
  • 24. Divorce and separation
  • 25. Children in care
  • 26. Like mother, like child — keeping it in the family
  • 27. Cultural patterns
  • 28. Housing
  • Section V Uses of...
  • 29. Use of drugs
  • 30. Use of ‘the team’
  • 31. Use of the hospital
  • 32. Use of practice clinics
  • 33. Use of surveillance
  • 34. Use of community clinics
  • Section VI The Whole Child
  • 35. The whole child
  • Appendix. Helping your child to talk — advice to parents