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020			_a978131244609 (paperback : alk. paper) (adaptation)
060			_aWS 100 _b.N45 2016
245		0	_aNelson essentials of pediatrics / _c[edited by] Karen J. Marcdante, Robert M. Kliegman ; adaptation editors, Om P. Mishra, Shakuntala S. Prabhu, Surjit Singh.
250			_aFirst south Asia edition.
260			_aNew Delhi : _bElsevier/Saunders : _c2016
300			_axix, 784 pages : _billustrations. _c28 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_aFront cover -- Dedication; Frontmatter -- Nelson essentials of pediatrics -- Copyright; Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Table of Contents -- SECTION 1: The profession of paediatrics -- Chapter 1: Population and culture: The care of children in society -- Current challenges -- Background of health care of children in India -- Culture -- Maternal and child health indicators in India -- Chapter 2: Professionalism -- Concept of professionalism -- Professionalism for paediatricians -- Chapter 3: Ethics and legal issues -- Ethics in health care -- Ethical principles related to infants, children and adolescents -- Legal issues. Ethical issues in practiceConfidentiality -- Ethical issues in genetic testing and screening in children -- Children as human subjects in research -- Chapter 4: Palliative care and end-of-life issues -- Changing trend in disease pattern -- Social and financial pressures -- Place of death -- Barriers to quality care -- Palliative and end-of-life care -- Cultural, religious and spiritual concerns about palliative care and end-of-life decisions -- Ethical issues in end-of-life decision-making -- Suggested reading -- Section 2: Community paediatrics -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 5: Concept of community paediatrics -- Indicators of child healthMortality indicators -- Infant and young child feeding indicators -- Child immunization-related indicators -- Treatment of childhood diseases -- Low birth weight -- Sources of child health data in India -- Sample registration system -- National family health surveys -- Annual health survey -- Other sources -- CHAPTER 6: Child health in India -- Status of child health in India -- Under-5 mortality rate -- Infant and neonatal mortality rate -- Immunization rates among children -- Causes of child deaths in India -- Under-5 deaths -- Infant and neonatal deaths -- Determinants of child health -- Maternal -- SocioeconomicEnvironmental -- Health programmes -- Traditional practices -- Potentially harmful practices -- Potentially beneficial practices -- CHAPTER 7: Public health care delivery system -- Public health care delivery system of India in the context of child health -- CHAPTER 8: Child health programmes in India -- History -- Current programmes and policies impacting child health -- CHAPTER 9: India's health targets and achievements -- Sustainable development goals and child health -- Vulnerable children -- Suggested reading -- Section 3: Growth and development -- Introduction -- The health maintenance visit -- CHAPTER 10: Normal growthAnthropometry -- Factors affecting growth -- CHAPTER 11: Disorders of growth -- CHAPTER 12: Normal development -- Physical development -- Newborn period -- Later infancy -- School age/preadolescent -- Adolescence -- Developmental milestones -- Psychosocial assessment -- Bonding and attachment in infancy -- Developing autonomy in early childhood -- Early childhood education -- School readiness -- Adolescence -- Modifying psychosocial behaviours -- Temperament -- Factors affecting development -- CHAPTER 13: Disorders of development -- Developmental surveillance and screening.
650			_aPediatrics
700			_aKliegman, Robert,
700			_aMarcdante, Karen J.,
942			_bDMC _cBK
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