AAP Textbook of Pediatric Care
AAP Textbook of Pediatric Care
Tools for Practice
Contributors: Thomas McInerny (editor), Henry Adam (editor), Deborah Campbell (editor), Deepak Kamat (editor), Kelly Kelleher (editor)
Format: Paperback, 274 x 211 x 28mm , 800 pp
Publication date: 15 Jun 2009
Publisher: American Academy of Pediatrics
ISBN-10: 1581102828
EAN: 9781581102826
The forthcoming "Textbook of Pediatric Care: Tools for Practice" is a companion manual to "AAP Pediatric Primary Care", a comprehensive and innovative pediatric textbook based on "Hoekelman's Primary Pediatric Care"." Textbook of Pediatric Care: Tools for Practice" will provide the most frequently used forms, calculators, patient education materials and questionnaires cited in the textbook.The core components of comprehensive care to be addressed in the companion text include: engaging patients and family (educational tools, behavior modification support); decision support for clinicians in the form of assessment/screening tools and guideline tools (such as decision charts, automated entry sets, etc); enhancing coordination of care in the practice and in the community; and public health advocacy.