Many children with chronic disorders which were formarly lethal in childhood are now surviving into adulthood because of improvements in therapy. The disease process affects the achievements of the tasks of adolescence and the adolescent process may also affect the disease. However, adolescent patients are often treated by clinicians with relatively little experience in the clinical treatment of childhood diseases. This book describes the physical and psychological changes which occur in puberty and discusses the clinical ...
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Many children with chronic disorders which were formarly lethal in childhood are now surviving into adulthood because of improvements in therapy. The disease process affects the achievements of the tasks of adolescence and the adolescent process may also affect the disease. However, adolescent patients are often treated by clinicians with relatively little experience in the clinical treatment of childhood diseases. This book describes the physical and psychological changes which occur in puberty and discusses the clinical aspects of the management of disease in adolescent patients on a system by system basis.
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Add this copy of The Practice of Medicine in Adolescence to cart. $120.07, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1993 by Edward Arnold & Co.