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Adolescence and chronic illness : a public health concern / Hatim Omar ... [et al.], editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Health and human development series.
- Health and human development series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Adolescent medicine.
- Chronic diseases in adolescence.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (491 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Nova Science Publishers, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Introduction
- pt. 2. Infectious disease
- pt. 3. Neoplasms
- pt. 4. Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases
- pt. 5. Diseases of the blood
- pt. 6. Mental disorders
- pt. 7. Nervous system
- pt. 8. Circulatory system
- pt. 9. Respiratory system
- pt. 10. Digestive system
- pt. 11. Genitourinary system
- pt. 12. Pregnancy and sexuality
- pt. 13. Skin
- pt. 14. Musculskeletal system
- pt. 15. Genetics
- pt. 16. Physical activity and sports
- pt. 17. Dental aspects
- pt. 18. Transition
- pt. 19. Acknowledgements.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-61761-482-3
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