Overview

Once upon a time, paediatrics was involved with infectious disease and acute disorders, but a new pattern of morbidity has emerged. Social difficulties, behavioural problems, developmental difficulties, disabilities and chronic disease have become main parts of the scope of paediatric practice. Among adults, multiple chronic disease is increasingly prevalent, whereas the prevalence of impairment and disability remain stable, but substantial and therefore, present day health professionals must be aware of disability and chronic disease. Just a few decades ago, children born with significant congenital anomalies or genetic and metabolic diseases perished at an early age and very few survived into their teens and even less into adulthood. Congenital heart disease, major errors in metabolism, cancer, cystic fibrosis and many other major diseases were fatal. Because of that, many physicians in adult primary care did not have the opportunity to see patients with these problems and thus were unable to learn how to care for them. With major advancements in medical knowledge, technology, imaging techniques, surgical skills and pharmaceutical products as well as prosthetic devices, many of these patients now live much longer lives and sometimes even close to the average life expectancy for the country, at least in the developed world. With that, a new medical care challenge has been created and we have to take a life span approach.

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Author:   Joav Merrick ,  Shoshana Aspler ,  Mohammed Morad
Publisher:   Nova Science Publishers Inc
Imprint:   Nova Science Publishers Inc
Weight:   0.820kg
ISBN:  

9781629482880

ISBN 10:   1629482889
Pages:   337
Publication Date:   01 December 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction; Disability & Chronic Disease; Teaching Young Mothers to Identify Developmental Milestones; Categorization Activities Performed by Children with an Intellectual Disability & Typically Developing Children; Dont Tag Me Mentally Retarded as I am Normal; The Therapeutic Interventions in Cerebral Palsy; Using VML (Verbal Motor Learning) Method Techniques in Treatment of Prosody Disorder due to Childhood Apraxia of Speech; Alertness Observations in Children with Profound Intellectual & Multiple Disabilities; Modeling Water Therapy for Children with Cognitive Impairments; Neuropsychology Findings & Pharmacological Treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; Women Caring for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities; Mindfulness Training & Chronic Tension-Type Headache; Mindfulness Training & Inflammatory Cytokine Levels in Chronic Tension-Type Headache; Physical Therapy Management of Older Adults with Chronic Low Back Pain; The Long-Term Effectiveness of Pain Management Programs; Impact of Oxygen Therapy in Patients with Advanced Lung Disease; Autogenic Training in Patients Treated for Chronic Headache; Postural Control & Changes with Ageing & Exercise; Updates in Self-Concept, Self-Esteem & Self-Worth in Children with Health Conditions: Dignity & War Disabled Veterans; The Self-Management & Transition to Adulthood Program UNC STARx; Clinician Perceptions of Transition of Patients with Pediatric-Onset Chronic Disease to Adult Medical Care; Assessing the Satisfaction of Teens with Kidney Transplants; Index.

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Joav Merrick, MD, MMedSci, DMSc, born and educated in Denmark is professor of pediatrics, child health and human development, Division of Pediatrics, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Mt Scopus Campus, Jerusalem, Israel and Kentucky Childrens Hospital, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky United States and professor of public health at the Center for Healthy Development, School of Public Health, Georgia State University, Atlanta, United States, the medical director of the Health Services, Division for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Ministry of Social Affairs and Social Services, Jerusalem, the founder and director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development in Israel.

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