Main description:

Even with great strides in the battle worldwide against several childhood diseases, the fact is that children across the globe continue to struggle with life-threatening illnesses, with more than seven million preschool-aged children dying every year. To be effective globally, pediatric health care providers must gain knowledge and skills necessary to serve across cultural and national boundaries.

The second edition of this award-winning textbook is designed to help meet this need by understanding principles of global child health; caring for pediatric travelers and immigrants; and practicing pediatrics in resource-limited countries.

Second edition highlights:

28 updated chapters and sections.
New chapters on cardiology, neurologic disorders, nephrology, emergency medicine and critical care, and hematology/oncology.

Contents:

Section 1
Understanding Principles of Global Child Health
1. The Reality of Child Mortality
2. Culture, Economics, Politics, and War: The Foundation of Global Child Health
3. Medical Anthropology
4. Cultural Humility in Pediatric Practice
5. International Law and Health
6. Maltreatment and Advocacy
7. Environmental Hazards
8. Medical Work in Resource-Limited Countries
9. Natural Disasters
Section 2
Caring for Pediatric Travelers and Immigrants
10. Travel Clinics
11. Pretravel Care
12. Adolescent Travelers Without Parents
13. Immunization for Travelers
14. Traveler's Diarrhea
15. Pediatric Travel Injuries: Risk, Prevention, and Management
16. Insect Bite Prevention
17. The Ill-Returned Traveler
18. International Adoption
19. Care of Immigrants
Section 3
Practicing Pediatrics in Resource-Limited Countries
20. Newborn Care
21. Promoting Early Child Development
22. Malnutrition
23. Common Infections
24. Gastrointestinal Infections
25. Respiratory Conditions
26. Dermatology
27. Bites and Stings
28. HIV and AIDS
29. Infection Control
30. Pediatric Cardiology
31. Neurologic Disorders in Children
32. Nephrology
33. Emergency Medicine and Critical Care
34. Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Index