Immunizing Children: A Practical Guide

by RichardT.Mayon-White (Author), JudithMoreton (Author), RichardMayon-White (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  1998

  $4.25

  This working manual has been developed to ensure that all health professionals involved in immunization will be both knowledgeable about procedures and confident about their benefits. This new edition is fully updated and revised to take account of the latest changes in the field including recent public controversies. It shows the practitioner how to give vaccines safely and how to inform parents. In line with Immunization against Infectious Disease produced by the Department of Health the book is written in a practical and easily accessible form. It is essential reading for those 'in the field' who are directly responsible for giving immunizations - general practitioners health visitors school health nurses practice nurses clinical medical officers and district nurses. It is of use in training primary care staff medical students and to trainee paediatricians. Parents also will find Immunizing Children interesting and useful particularly the section on frequently asked questions.

• Used

  Hardcover
  1997

  $143.47

  This working manual has been developed to ensure that all health professionals involved in immunization will be both knowledgable about procedures and confident about their benefits. It shows the practitioner how to give vaccines safely and how to inform parents. The book is line with the new and revised Immunization Against Infectious Disease produced by the Department of Health, but is written in a practical and easily accessible form. As well as being aimed at general practitioners, health visitors, school health nurses, practice nurses, clinical medical officers and district nurses, the book has been written in such a fashion as to be understandable by parents. It has sections giving answers to the questions most frequently asked by parents, and to the most common problems. In addition, the book is adaptable for local use, with space for key contacts and `phone numbers.