Berkowitz's Pediatrics 4/e: A Primary Care Approach

Softcover - 850pages




The new 4th edition of Berkowitz's Pediatrics: A Primary Care Approach is custom-built for efficient primary care
problem-solving.
It provides concise, practice-oriented guidance on all the most common issues, both clinical and psychosocial, you re
likely to encounter.
Here s hands-on help on topics ranging from temper tantrums and thumb-sucking to childhood cancer, kidney disease, and
diabetes.
Each clinical chapter reviews pertinent epidemiology and pathophysiology, then gives you clear, concise guidelines on
what symptoms to look for, what alternative diagnoses to consider, what tests to order, and how to manage your patient.

Updated edition features 13 new chapters including:
- Global Health
- Cultural Considerations and Competence
- Pediatric Pain and Symptom Management
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine
- Pediatric Radiology
- Principles of Pediatric Surgery
- Genomics
- Quality Improvement
- Caring for Immigrant Children and Their Families
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
- Interpersonal Violence
- Palliative Care
- Emerging Infections