Primary Care of the Child with a Chronic Condition

by Patricia Jackson Allen

PRIMARY CARE OF THE CHILD WITH A CHRONIC CONDITION provides pediatric health care professionals with the knowledge necessary to give comprehensive primary care to children with special needs and their families. Part I addresses the major issues common to care of all children with chronic the role of the primary care provider, the impact of a chronic condition on the childs development; the impact on the family; school issues; ethical and cultural concerns; and the financial resources needed to support the care of a child with a chronic condition. Part II identifies specific chronic conditions and the alterations in standard primary care practices needed to promote optimum health. Includes boxes on Clinical Manifestations, Diagnostic Criteria, Differential Diagnosis, and Treatment to highlight these important features and make it easy for the reader to access this information in the Chronic Conditions chapters. Presents all conditions in a consistent format, using the following Incidence Treatment Prognosis Developmental Issues Includes thorough revisions to Chapter 7, Financing Health Care for Children With Chronic Conditions, to reflect the many changes in the health care industry, including managed care. Includes a new chapter on Autism, Chapter 10, to focus on the large number of children being diagnosed with autism, and includes information on mainstreaming children with autism, and how this practise is increasing.

876 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1992