Berkowitz's Pediatrics: A Primary Care Approach (Berkowitz, Berkowitz's Pediatrics: A Primary Care Approach) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1581102836 ISBN 13: 9781581102833

Publisher: American Academy of Pediatrics, 2008

Synopsis

Now from the AAP! The newly revised and expanded 3rd edition provides clear, concise guidance on clinical and psychosocial issues. “This is an outstanding book which I have already recommended to colleagues. One can easily read a chapter a day and feel confident that one has learned something new. No other book that I know of is so useful. Madelyn Meyn, MD, Doody s Review, 2009. Berkowitz s Pediatrics is custom-built for confident, efficient primary care problem solving; quick and easy access to state-of-the-art pediatric primary care; outcome-centric focus—chapters open with a case presentation and list of focal questions, and close with the case resolution; ready-reference organization—disease/disorder signs and symptoms are grouped by body system for fast lookup; superb color figures—illustrated clinical presentations and treatment procedures; expert recommendations—edited by a leading primary care authority, with contributions from top-tier practitioners; and va

About this title

About the Author:

Carol D. Berkowitz, MD, FAAP is currently Executive Vice Chair in the Department of Pediatrics at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and Distinguished Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. She is a former President of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and has held numerous other national leadership positions including serving on the Board of Directors of the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) and the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). She is a delegate from the AAP to the American Medical Association (AMA) and serves on the AMA’s Council on Medical Education. In addition to serving as editor for Berkowitz’s Pediatrics she has authored several hundred articles and book chapters.

Review:

This is an outstanding book which I have already recommended to colleagues. One can easily read a chapter a day and feel confident that one has learned something new. No other book I know of is so useful. Madelyn Meyn, MD (Ochsner Clinic Foundation) --Doody's Review, 2009

About this edition

• Publisher: American Academy of Pediatrics
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1581102836
• ISBN 13: 9781581102833
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 838
• Editor: Berkowitz MD FAAP Carol D.