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First published in 1984 and now in its sixth edition, Coovadia's Paediatrics and Child Health is a tried and tested best-seller in the field of paediatrics and is a particularly important resource for medical or nursing students, health care professionals and community care practitioners. This comprehensive introduction to paediatrics and child health emphasizes a primary care approach from a southern African perspective to enable practitioners to deal effectively with local health problems. There are chapters devoted to social paediatrics and child health, as well as a comprehensive list of topics dealing with all aspects of childhood disease including oral and dental conditions, and dermatological or specialty surgical conditions.

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Author:   Wittenberg
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Southern Africa
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Southern Africa
Edition:   6th Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 16.80cm , Height: 4.20cm , Length: 24.20cm
Weight:   1.272kg
ISBN:  

9780195988437

ISBN 10:   0195988434
Pages:   816
Publication Date:   05 December 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order  
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Table of Contents

Preface List of contributors Part 1 Evaluation, growth, and development 1. History taking, physical examination, and evaluation of the sick child 2. Growth and development 3. Medical genetics and birth defects Part 2 Psychosocial and community paediatrics 4. Community paediatrics, child health and survival 5. Social paediatrics 6. Developmental, psychological and behavioural disorders Part 3 Neonatal paediatrics 7. Care of the newborn 8. Surgical conditions of the newborn 9. Feeding of infants and young children Part 4 Metabolic and nutritional disorders 10. Metabolic disorders 11. Poisoning 12. Rickets and metabolic bone disorders 13. Nutritional disorders Part 5 Infections 14. Principles of infections in children 15. Systemic infections 16. Parasitic and fungal diseases 17. Tuberculosis 18. Human Immuno-deficiency Virus Infection Part 6 Disorders of regulation and immune control 19. Endocrine disorders 20. Allergic disorders 21. Immune and connective tissue disorders 22. Neoplastic disorders Part 7 System-based disorders 23. Disorders of the blood 24. Gastrointestinal disorders 25. Respiratory tract disorders 26. Neurological and muscular disorders 27. Renal and urinary tract disorders 28. Cardiovascular disorders 29. Hepatic disorders Part 8 Specialty disorders 30. Paediatric surgical disorders 31. Orthopaedic disorders 32. Skin disorders 33. Disorders of the eye 34. Disorders of ear, nose and throat 35. Oral and dental disorders Part 8 Procedures 36. Procedures Bibliography Index

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