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Child Health for All A Manual for Southern Africa

Child Health for All A Manual for Southern Africa

Oxford Textbook of Trauma and Orthopaedics

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Coovadia's Paediatrics and Child Health A Manual for Health Professionals in Developing Countries

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First published in 1984 and now in its seventh edition, Coovadia's Paediatrics and child health 7e is a comprehensive introductory textbook, highly regarded by academics and students alike. This tried and tested best-seller is an introduction to paediatrics and child health emphasising a primary care approach from a southern African perspective to enable practitioners to deal effectively with local health problems. The book maintains a problem-based approach to facilitate a full evaluation of the sick child from a holistic perspective.

This is a clinical textbook dealing with the medical diagnosis and treatment of paediatric health issues. The nine parts cover the practice of paediatrics, focusing on associated disorders. The book maintains a problem-based approach to facilitate a full evaluation of the sick child from a holistic perspective. 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.

It aimed primarily at Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB) students studying Paediatrics in their 4th, 5th or 6th year modules. Paediatrics is also incorporated in the Bachelors of Nursing (BCur) programme usually at 3rd and 4th year.

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Table Of Content

PART 1 Evaluation, growth and development
1. History-taking, examination and problem-based evaluation of the sick child, George Swingler and M Richards
2. Growth and development, P Cooper
3. Medical Genetics and birth defects, A Christianson and N Gregerson
4. Child Health and Community Paediatrics, Haroon Saloogee
PART 2 Psychological and community paediatrics
5. Social Paediatrics, N McKerrow
6. Abnormal Child Development: Behavioural, Cognitive, Emotional and Educational Aspects, A Venter
PART 3 Neonatal paediatrics
7. Care of the newborn, M Adhikari and H Mackenjee
8. Surgical newborn, L Hadley
9. Feeding and nutrition of babies and children, N Rollins
PART 4 Metabolic and nutritional disorders
10. Metabolic disorders, Izelle Smuts
11. Poisoning, Philip Snyman
12. Rickets and metabolic bone disease, John Pettifor & K Thandrayen
13. Nutritional disorders, Jeanette Kriel
PART 5 Infections
14. Principles of infection, Shabir Madhi
15. Childhood Vaccines, Shabir Madhi
16. Systemic Infections, Shabir Madhi
17. Parasitic and fungal infections, Elizabeth Molyneux
18. Tuberculosis, M Cotton, HS Schaaf, H Rabie, B J Marais
PART 6 Disorders of regulation and immune control
19. HIV infection, R Bobat and M Archary
20. Endocrine disorders, K Parbhoo
21. Allergic disorders, Robin Green
22. Immune and connective tissue disorders, Brian Eley and M Esser
PART 7 System-based disorders
23. Connective Tissue disorders, Chris Scott
24. Neoplastic diseases, Marianna Kruger
25. Diseases of the blood, Rajendra Thejpal
26. Gastrointestinal diseases, Etienne Nel, L Cooke, E Goddard
27. Respiratory diseases, Robert Gie
28. Neurological and muscular disorders, John Rodda
29. Renal and urinary tract disorders, Peter Thomson
30. Cardiovascular disorders , F Takawira
31. Hepatic disorders, Christina Hajinicolaou
PART 8 Speciality disorders
32. Paediatric surgical disorders, L Hadley
33. Orthopaedic disorders, Anthony Robertson (Prof)
34. Dermatological disorders, N Khumalo
35. Disorders of the eye, R Grotte
36. Ear, nose and throat disorders, Mashudu Tshifularo
37. Oral and Dental disorders, Sonja Boy
PART 9 Procedures
38. Procedures
PART 10 Ethics, R Thejpal
39. Ethical issues in Paediatrics, Mariana Kruger

Publish Date 13 Nov 2014
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