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Illustrated Textbook of Paediatrics

With STUDENT CONSULT Online Access

  • 3rd Edition - June 26, 2007
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Tom Lissauer, Graham Clayden
  • Editor: Tom Lissauer
  • Language: English

A concise, colourfully illustrated and highly informative textbook of paediatrics. Written primarily for medical students for their course in clinical paediatrics (6-10 weeks in… Read more

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A concise, colourfully illustrated and highly informative textbook of paediatrics. Written primarily for medical students for their course in clinical paediatrics (6-10 weeks in duration in the UK and worldwide), the book has found a wider audience among nurses, trainee paediatricians preparing for the MRCPCH, and general practitioners preparing for the DCH. Throughout, there is an emphasis on the core fundamentals of paediatrics practice throughout the world, which has contributed to its success in Europe, Asia, Australia and the Middle East.

Key features

  • Book with www.studentconsult.com website, with full text on line and self-assessment.
  • Totally revised and updated text, especially on controversial topics such as child protection, immunisations, and obesity.
  • Improved navigation with colour-coding, better headings hierarchy and chapter summaries.
  • Essential information summary boxes to aid learning.
  • Over 100 new line drawings and photographs - all in full colour.
  • Readership

    Primary:
    Undergraduate medical students.

    Secondary:
    Consultants and Specialist Registrars in paediatrics as a basis for their undergraduate teaching.
    DCH and MRCPCH candidates
    General Practitioners for background information
    Nurses doing the child branch the nursing course

    Table of contents

    1. The child in society

    2. History and examination

    3. Normal child development, hearing and vision

    4. Developmental problems and the child with special needs

    5. Care of the sick child

    6. Paediatric emergencies

    7. Environment

    8. Genetics

    9. Perinatal medicine

    10. Neonatal medicine

    11. Growth and puberty

    12. Nutrition

    13. Gastroenterology

    14. Infection

    15. Allergy and immunity
    16. Respiratory disorders

    17. Cardiac disorders

    18. Kidney and urinary tract

    19. Genitalia

    20. Liver disorders

    21. Malignant disease

    22. Haematological disorders

    23. Emotions and behaviour

    24. Skin

    25. Endocrine and metabolic disorders

    26. Bones, joints and rheumatic disorders

    27. Neurological disorders

    28. Adolescent medicine

    Review quotes

    "Difficult concepts are clearly explained, lists (an inescapable fact of learning medicine) are invariably made easy to digest in highlighted boxes and great use is made of section summaries which reiterate and emphasise the key learning points (useful for that last minute revision). The book, as the title suggests, is lavishly illustrated, both with diagrams as well as clinical photographs."
    Paeditrics.info


    “An excellent text for students, interns and residents in training. A very didactic textbook. Each chapter has tables, illustrations and photos in colour, and a short bibliography, of high technical production.”
    Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews (PER). Vol 5. No 3. March 2008


    BMA Book Awards 2008 - Highly Commended
    "Illustrated Textbook of Paediatrics is deservedly known as 'the' textbook for the undergraduate medical student who is venturing into paediatrics. It covers the topics the student needs to know in enough detail to give them a sensible grounding in the specialty. It is easy to access, dip into, or read from cover to cover. For the ever-advancing use of the internet in daily medical life, the publisher has introduced an online access with interactive facilities. Overall: an essential purchase for medical students, GP trainees, paediatric specialist nurses, and anyone looking to brush up on their paediatrics."


    Highly Commended at The Royal Society of Medicine & The Society of Authors’ Medical Book Awards
    “An excellent textbook for students, superbly illustrated.”


    "Although aimed at medical students, this is also ideal for a GP and covers most of the territory that a primary health care team needs to know about paediatrics. All the important paediatric areas are well covered. Health visitors and practice nurses will also find this book helpful in their everyday work. I can’t think of a single criticism of the book. This is ideal for a practice or personal library for a GP who just wants an up to date, accessible and well written reference source on paediatrics."
    Univadis Review, April 2009

    Product details

    • Edition: 3
    • Latest edition
    • Published: June 27, 2007
    • Language: English

    About the editor

    TL

    Tom Lissauer

    Affiliations and expertise
    Honorary Consultant Paediatrician, Imperial College Healthcare Trust, London, UK

    About the authors

    TL

    Tom Lissauer

    Affiliations and expertise
    Honorary Consultant Paediatrician, Imperial College Healthcare Trust, London, UK

    GC

    Graham Clayden

    Affiliations and expertise
    Honorary Reader in Paediatrics, King's College London School of Medicine at Guy’s, King's and St Thomas’ Hospitals, London, UK