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Title: |
Adolescence & Chronic Illness |
| Sub-title: |
A Public Health Concern |
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| Edited by: |
Hatim Omar, Donald E Greydanus, Dilip R Patel, Joav Merrick |
| ISBN10-13: |
1608766284 : 9781608766284 |
| Illustrations: |
tables, charts & b/w photos |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| Size: |
180x260mm |
| Pages: |
477 |
| Weight: |
1.030 Kg. |
| Published: |
Nova Science Publishers, Inc (US) - May 2010 |
| List Price: |
309.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
In Stock
Qty Available: 1 |
| Subjects: |
Public health & preventive medicine |
| The prevalence of chronic illness or disability in adolescence has increased in recent years due to medical advances, and adolescents are now more than ever able to lead a productive life even in spite of serious illness. In the past, children with many diseases would not reach adolescence, but over the last decade or more the survival rate for children with cystic fibrosis, for spina bifida and congenital heart disease has increased. The old morbidity (infectious disease, poor housing, poverty, lack of immunisation) has been exchanged with the new morbidity of adolescence, where a longer life expectancy is followed by an increase in life-long disability. The concern in chronic illness include medical, psychological, physiological, biological, reproductive, cognitive and social aspects. Practitioners of the healing arts must become familiar with the most common disabilities likely to afflict children and adolescents so that appropriate evaluation, treatment, and management may occur. This book will cover a broad area of chronic illness in adolescence written by leading experts in this field. |
| Table of Contents: |
| Adolescents with cancer; Endocrine aspects of chronic disease; Endocrinological aspects of intellectual disability; Metabolism & disease; Chronic hematological disorders; Severe pain in children with sickle cell disease; Mental health & chronic disease; Psychiatric Aspects of Chronically Ill Children, Adolescents, & Young Adults; Eating disorders & therapeutic health outcome; Psychological issues in chronically ill adolescents; Neurological impairment & disability; Youth with chronic pain; A comprehensive approach to obesity, hypertension, & mental health evaluation; Pulmonary disabilities in adolescents; Childhood asthma management & control; Nutrition & gastroenterology issues; Chronic kidney disease; Chronic kidney disease & quality of life; Pregnancy & young women with disabilities; Down syndrome & sexuality; Acne vulgaris & adolescence; Acute musculoskeletal sports injury & topical NSAID; Chronic disability from hip abnormalities in adolescence; Intellectual disability & genetics; Down syndrome & adolescence; Rett syndrome & Snoezelen or controlled multi-sensory stimulation; Sports & adolescents with disability; Sports preparticipation examination; Adolescents with intellectual disability & physical activity; Dental care needs; Adolescents with sickle cell disease & transition to adult care; The transition of care for young people with chronic disease; Index. |
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