Overview
Comprehensive reference for physicians and physicians in training
Includes many uniques issues of providing optimal pediatric care
Written by renowned experts in the field
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (29 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Overview of Pediatric Global Health
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Newborn Health
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Communicable Diseases
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About this book
The MassGeneral Hospital for Children Handbook of Pediatric Global Health is a concise resource for the ever-increasing number of health professionals involved in global health, many of whom spend a few weeks to months or even years providing medical care in resource-poor countries. This Handbook provides practical, evidence-based, hands-on guidance for managing and preventing childhood illnesses when resources are limited in low- and middle-income countries.  It also offers a setting-specific understanding and management approaches to the major causes of childhood mortality, including pneumonia, diarrhea, birth asphyxia, complications of preterm birth, and neonatal sepsis. The Handbook provides an overview of childhood mortality, health systems, and the various stakeholders that play a role in the global health arena, and also contains chapters focusing on adolescents who are increasingly recognized as a unique population in whom interventions can go a long way in bothconsolidating the gains made in childhood and preventing adult disease. Finally, key topics in non-communicable diseases are covered, including trauma and injuries, pediatric mental health, child and adolescent rights, and oral health. Not meant solely for pediatricians, the Handbook is designed for generalists, specialists, doctors, nurses, other health care workers, and those in training. An indispensable reference for health professionals overseas, the Handbook will also be a useful addition and resource for academic centers and universities in industrialized nations that are creating courses for trainees who will do clinical electives abroad during their training.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The MassGeneral Hospital for Children Handbook of Pediatric Global Health
Editors: Nupur Gupta, Brett D. Nelson, Jennifer Kasper, Patricia L. Hibberd
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7918-5
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-7917-8Published: 19 October 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-7918-5Published: 18 October 2013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 568
Number of Illustrations: 16 b/w illustrations, 95 illustrations in colour
Topics: Pediatrics, Primary Care Medicine, Internal Medicine, Public Health