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Newborn screening systems : the complete perspective
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Driscoll, Carlie J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Newborn infants--Diseases--Diagnosis.
- Newborn infants.
- Medical screening.
- Neonatal Screening.
- Infant, Newborn, Diseases--diagnosis.
- Medical Subjects:
- Neonatal Screening.
- Infant, Newborn, Diseases--diagnosis.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (334 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] Plural Pub 2010
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The primary aim of this book is to provide an up-to-date reference source for university students, clinicians, researchers and policymakers concerned with the field of neonatal screening. By drawing on the knowledge and expertise of numerous experts from varying fields, not only at the clinical level but also at the research level, the book provides the only comprehensive text that details the entire collection of screening programs routinely delivered to newborns and that prescribes direction for future endeavours in this area.
- Contents:
- Newborn screening : history, principles, and analysis / Carlie J. Driscoll & Bradley McPherson
- Screening from an economic viewpoint / Robert J. Ruben
- The ethics of newborn hearing screening / Rod G. Beattie
- Newborn diseases and disorders / Paul B. Colditz & Michael J. Colditz
- The pediatrician's examination of the newborn / Ian A. Laing
- Newborn hearing screening / Greg Leigh, Dunay Schmulian-Taljaard, & Zeffie Poulakis
- Improved newborn hearing screening : future directions / Gabriella Tognola, Alessia Paglialonga, & Ferdinando Grandori
- Newborn dried bloodspot screening / Bradford L. Therrell, Jr.
- Future developments in newborn dried bloodspot screening / Michael T. Gabbett
- The role of genetic counseling / Madelyn M. Peterson
- Communicating with parents / David Luterman
- Information management systems for newborn screening / Karl R. White, Les R. Schmeltz, & K. Todd Houston.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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