The No1 Ethical retailer for Books, CD’s, DVD’s & Games
30 Day Refund Guarantee

The Biology of Child Health: A Reader in Development and Assessment

The Biology of Child Health: A Reader in Development and Assessment

by Helen Knowles (Contributor), Sarah Neill (Author)

  • New

    Paperback 2004

    $50.35
Synopsis

All health care professionals involved in the care of children, well or sick, need an understanding of the biological processes underpinning child development. This text presents information covering many of the key aspects of the biology of child health from conception to adolescence. Explicit links are made between physiological development and the assessment of the child's health. This important text is a key resource for all students and professionals working in the area.

$50.35

Save:$0.36 (1%)

Quantity

10 in stock

More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 352
 Edition: 2004
 Publisher: Palgrave
Published: 13 Aug 2004
ISBN 10: 0333776364
ISBN 13: 9780333776360
Book Overview: LORRAINE BOWDEN Lecturer in Nursing, King's College, London, UK AH-FONG HOO Clinical Nurse Specialist, Portex Respiratory Unit, Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Trust and Institute of Child Health, UK AGNES KANNEH Lecturer in Applied Biological Sciences, City University, London, UK DR SIMON LANGLEY-EVANS Lecturer in Nutritional Biochemistry, University of Nottingham, UK ALEXANDRA LEWANDOWSKA Lecturer in Nursing, University of Nottingham, UK BARBARA NOVAK Senior Lecturer in Nursing, City University, London, UK SANDY OLDFIELD Senior Lecturer in Nursing, Oxford Brookes University, UK DR SUE PRICE Consultant Geneticist, Northampton, UK EDWARD PURSSELL Lecturer in Nursing, Kings College, London UK DR CRAIG SMITH Consultant Neonatologist and Paediatrician, Nottingham, UK JULIE WILCOX Practice Educator, Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Trust, London, UK

Author Bio
SARAH NEILL is Senior Lecturer in Children's Nursing at the University College Northampton. She has a background in a wide range of clinical posts in children's nursing, followed by ten years as a lecturer, primarily for pre- and post-registration children's nurses, where she has specialised in the teaching of biological aspects of child health.

HELEN KNOWLES is Coronary Heart Disease Programme Coordinator at Bedford Primary Care Trust, UK. She has a background in nursing and health visiting with a breadth of experience both in practice and higher education, where she was involved in teaching biology to nursing students.