Clinician’s Guide to Pediatric Chronic Illness

Primary care physicians and nurse practitioners will welcome this ground-breaking guide to the treatment of children with chronic illnesses. The author explores the full range of health, family, and ethical concerns associated with chronically ill children, including nutrition, developmental issues, rehabilitation, mental health, surgical & orthopedic problems, home care, and abuse & neglect.

Michael J. Light, MD, FAAP is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

PART I. General Considerations

1. CHRONIC ILLNESS IN CHILDREN

2. HEALTH MAINTENANCE

3. IMPACT ON THE CHILD & FAMILY

4. NUTRITION

5. EATING DISORDERS

6. *COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE

7. *DEVELOPMENTAL ISSUES

8. *REHABILITATION

*9. SENSORY DISORDERS

*10. MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS

11. SURGICAL & ORTHOPEDIC PROBLEMS

12. HOME CARE & TECHNOLOGY DEPENDENCE

13. CHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT

14. ETHICAL & LEGAL ISSUES

PART II. Description of Conditions

15. GENETIC DISORDERS

16. METABOLIC DISORDERS

17. ENDOCRINE DISORDERS

18. ALLERGY & IMMUNOLOGY

19. INFECTIOUS DISEASES

20. PULMONARY DISORDERS

21. CARDIAC DISORDERS

22. RENAL DISEASE

23. GASTRO-INTESTINAL DISORDERS

24. HEMATOLOGY & ONCOLOGY DISORDERS

25. DISORDERS OF NEUROLOGY

26. PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS

27. RHEUMATIC DISORDERS

28. DERMATOLOGIC DISORDERS

Appendix

General Information

Health Resources

Bibliography

Index

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