pediatrics (including medical therapy, surgery of all types, preventive medicine, adolescent gynecology, and behavioral issues). Readers will benefit from succinct essays on proper treatment for a wide of disorders, rationales to support suggested therapies, guidelines as to when not to treat a presenting symptom, and the associated risks and complications of therapy.Offers a new section on fluids and electrolytes, providing direct guidance in this critical area. Features a new co-editor-Anne Gershon-a leading expert in infectious disease. Includes more psychological and psychosocial material than ever before, including depression, psychosis, children of divorced parents, coping with the death of a loved one, children of homeless and battered women, and diet fads. Features 80-90% all-new material, so readers can feel confident they are providing state-of-the-art care.

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