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The reference of choice for pediatricians, pediatric residents, and medical students, the newly revised 5th edition provides clear, practice-oriented guidance of the core knowledge in pediatrics. Comprehensive coverage of hundreds of topics ranging from temper tantrums and thumb-sucking to diabetes and kidney disease make this an ideal reference for students, pediatric residents, pediatric nurse practitioners and nurses.

The newly revised and expanded 4th edition provides clear, practice-oriented guidance on clinical and psychosocial issues. The new 4th edition of Berkowitz’s Pediatrics: A Primary Care Approach is custom-built for efficient primary care problem-solving. It provides concise, practice-oriented guidance on all the most common issues -- both clinical and psychosocial -- you’re likely to encounter. Here’s hands-on help on topics ranging from temper tantrums and thumb-sucking to childhood cancer, kidney disease, and diabetes. Each clinical chapter reviews pertinent epidemiology and pathophysiology, then gives you clear, concise guidelines on what symptoms to look for, what alternative diagnoses to consider, what tests to order, and how to manage your patient. Updated edition features 13 all-new chapters including:

- Global Health

- Cultural Considerations and Competence

- Pediatric Pain and Symptom Management

- Complementary and Alternative Medicine

- Pediatric Radiology

- Principles of Pediatric Surgery

- Genomics

- Quality Improvement

- Caring for Immigrant Children and Their Families

- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

- Interpersonal Violence

- Palliative Care

- Emerging Infections

Raising a happy, healthy, well-adjusted child is one of the most demanding and challenging of all human endeavors. Fortunately it's also one of life's most rewarding. During the course of parenting, there may be times when parents come up against a situation in which they need help. The good news is that they are not alone.