Challenges in Adolescent Health: An Australian Perspective - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1607416166 ISBN 13: 9781607416166

Publisher: Nova Science Publishers Inc, 2009

Synopsis

This book addresses the issue of adolescent medicine and its place in society today. It discusses Australia's first hospital-based medical unit which officially opened in 1978 and is now called the Children's Hospital at Westmead, Australia. The future of the adolescent into adulthood is crucially dependent on the care given early on, addressing both the physical as well as mental and behavioural conditions imperative of stellar care. Although the book is directed to Australian youth, it would be applicable to all adolescent care in every part of the world. Abuse problems, such as smoking and alcohol, are also discussed and new avenues of treatment plans explored. This important book will be an aid to both professionals in the field and laymen, including the parents who remain the child's first and most important care-takers in his or her well-being.

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About the Author

Joav Merrick, MD, MMedSci, DMSc, (Medical Director, Health Services, Division for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Ministry of Social Affairs and Social Services, Jerusalem, Israel; Division of Adolescent Medicine, KY Childrens Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Lexington, Kentucky, US; National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Jerusalem, Israel; Division of Pediatrics, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Centers, Mt Scopus Campus, Jerusalem, Israel; School of Public Health, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, US)

Edition details

• Publisher: Nova Science Publishers Inc
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1607416166
• ISBN 13: 9781607416166
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 308
• Editor: Bennett David, Towns Susan, Elliott Elizabeth, Merrick Joav