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A clinical handbook in adolescent medicine : a guide for health professionals who work with adolescents and young adults /

This clinical handbook is a valuable resource for any health professional who works with adolescents and young adults, whether in paediatric or adult acute care facilities or in the community. As a handbook it provides ready access to practical, clinically relevant and youth specific information. Th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Steinbeck, Kate
Otros Autores: Kohn, Michael (Michael R.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Singapore : World Scientific, ©2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Ch. 1. Normal physical development and growth at puberty / Geoffrey Ambler
  • ch. 2. The normal development of the adolescent brain / Donna M Palmer and Leanne M Williams
  • ch. 3. Normal psychosocial development in adolescence / David Bennett and Richard G MacKenzie
  • ch. 4. Body image issues in adolescents / Jennifer O'Dea
  • ch. 5. Communicating with adolescents / Richard G MacKenzie
  • ch. 6. Consent and confidentiality / Michelle Yeo
  • ch. 7. Communicating with parents and carers / Anne Honey and Gwynneth Llewellyn
  • ch. 8. Communicating electronically with adolescents / Fiona Robards and Andrew Campbell
  • ch. 9. Education issues / Margaret Allan
  • ch. 10. Adolescents and young adults in adult hospitals / Gail Anderson, Tegan Sturrock and Patricia Kasengele
  • ch. 11. Self-management in chronic illness; promoting therapy adherence / Michele Casey and Kate Steinbeck
  • ch. 12. Complex medicopsychosocial conditions: chronic and functional disorders / Susan J Towns and Helen E Bibby
  • ch. 13. Transition from paediatric to adult care in chronic illness / Sandra Whitehouse, Lynne Brodie and Susan J Towns
  • ch. 14. Resilience / Emily Klineberg
  • ch. 15. Alcohol and other drugs / Bronwyn Milne, Yvonne Bonomo and Gilbert Whitton
  • ch. 16. Unintentional injuries among adolescents and young adults / Richard E Bélanger and Joan-Carles Suris
  • ch. 17. Rural and remote Australian adolescent health issues / Catherine Hawke
  • ch. 18. Important medical and mental health issues for incarcerated and homeless youth / Stephen Stathis, Lee Hudson and Andrew Kennedy
  • ch. 19. The dying adolescent / Michael Stevens, Julie Dunsmore and John Collins
  • ch. 20. Disorders of puberty / Ann Maguire and Kate Steinbeck
  • ch. 21. The deaf adolescent / Eric Weiselberg
  • ch. 22. The adolescent and young adult with intellectual disability and complex health needs / Helen Somerville and Cameron Ly
  • ch. 23. Key issues in adolescent obesity / Shirley Alexander, Alison G Hoppin and Louise A Baur
  • ch. 24. Adolescents with eating disorders / Jorge L Pinzon, Gail Anderson and Simon Clarke
  • ch. 25. Adolescent sexuality, sexual and reproductive health / Melissa Kang, Rachel Skinner and Deborah Bateson.
  • Ch. 26. Physical activity and sports medicine / Carolyn Broderick and Damien McKay
  • ch. 27 Depression and anxiety / Sloane Madden
  • ch. 28 Assessment and treatment of psychotic disorders in adolescence / Jean Starling and Anthony Harris
  • ch. 29. Suicide and self-harm / Philip Hazell
  • ch. 30. Mental health in young people with intellectual disability and autism / David Dossetor and Rameswaran Vannitamby
  • ch. 31. Sleep and sleep disorders in adolescents / Karen Waters
  • ch. 32. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder / Michael R Kohn and Deborah Erickson
  • ch. 33. Immunisation and infectious diseases / Melina Georgousakis, Alexa Deirig and Robert Booy
  • ch. 34. Respiratory disorders in adolescence / Donald Payne and Siobhain Mulrennan
  • ch. 35. Common adolescent endocrine disorders / Shubha Srinivasan
  • ch. 36. Diabetes during adolescence / Kristine Heels, Nuala Harkin and Kim C Donaghue
  • ch. 37. Adolescent bone health / Craig Munns
  • ch. 38. Common neurological disorders / Richard Webster
  • ch. 39. Common gastrointestinal disorders of adolescence / Annabel Magoffin
  • ch. 40. Common dermatological problems in adolescents / Anuja Elizabeth George
  • ch. 41. Common haematological conditions in adolescence / Julie Curtin
  • ch. 42. Allergic and immunological disorders in adolescence / Alyson Kakakios [and others]
  • ch. 43. Cancer in adolescents and young adults / Bhavna Padhye and Melissa Gabriel
  • ch. 44. Late effects of childhood cancer therapy / Helena Gleeson
  • ch. 45. Common cardiology problems in adolescence / Mugur Nicloae and Dorothy Radford
  • ch. 46. Adolescent renal medicine / Siah Kim and Deirdre Hahn
  • ch. 47. Common rheumatological conditions in adolescence / Davinder Singh-Grewal
  • ch. 48. Genetics and adolescents / David Sillence
  • ch. 49. Urological problems in adolescence / Grahame H H Smith
  • ch. 50. Common gynaecological problems in adolescence / Kim Matthews and Peter Benny
  • ch. 51. The andrology of adolescence / David J Handelsman
  • ch. 52. Cardiovascular risk factors and atherosclerosis / Marc S Jacobson and Michael R Kohn.