Management of cleft lip and palate in the developing world / edited by Michael Mars, Debbie Sell, Alex Habel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mars, Michael.

Sell, D. A. (Debbie A.)

Habel, Alex.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cleft lip--Developing countries.

Cleft lip.

Cleft palate--Developing countries.

Cleft palate.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (235 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, England ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book explores the complex issues surrounding the management of cleft lip and palate in the Developing World, and aims to raise the profile of a condition commonly considered to be of only cosmetic importance in countries where infant and child mortality rates are high. It provides information and guidelines to three groups: those in the Developing World setting up programmes of cleft lip and palate care, and clinicians from developed countries delivering care in that context, as well as clinicians in the Developing World itself. The book is multidisciplinary, demonstrating the role of eve

Contents:

Management of Cleft Lip and Palate in the Developing World; Contents; List of Contributors; Foreword; Introduction; Part I SURGERY AND ANAESTHESIA; 1 Exporting Plastic Surgical Care to Developing Countries; 2 So You Want to Help in a Less Developed Country?; 3 Challenges for Cleft Care in the Developing and the Developed World; 4 Cleft Lip and Palate Management in the Developing World: Primary and Secondary Surgery and Its Delivery; 5 Anaesthesia for Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery in the Developing World; Part II APPROACHES TO ORGANIZATION; 6 Operation Smile

7 Rotaplast International: A Study in Medical Volunteerism8 Logistics and Nursing Issues; 9 The Sri Lankan Cleft Lip and Palate Project; Part III FACIAL GROWTH RESEARCH; 10 Facial Growth in Cleft Lip and Palate Subjects; Part IV MEDICAL MANAGEMENT, DISABILITY, PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL ASPECTS; 11 Paediatric Care in Developing Countries: An Integrated (Holistic) Approach; 12 Disability, Culture and Cleft Lip and Palate; 13 Psychological and Social Aspects of CL/P in the Developing World, Including Implications of Late Surgery or No Surgery

14 The Background, Establishment and Function of a Parents/Patients Support Group in Sri LankaPart V SPEECH AND AUDIOLOGY; 15 Speech in the Unoperated or Late Operated Cleft Lip and Palate Patient; 16 Speech Therapy Delivery and Cleft Lip and Palate in the Developing World; 17 ENT and Audiology Care for Cleft Palate Patients in the Developing World; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9786611318253

9781281318251

1281318256

9780470988244

047098824X

9780470518168

0470518162

OCLC:

476171375