Essential Reports in Paediatrics

Essential Reports in Paediatrics is a unique and accessible reference source for all practising paediatricians. The book gathers and summarises the key findings and recommendations of the latest working party reports and presents them in a standard format. The book is essential reading for anyone needing to keep up to date with the field and will be invaluable for anyone taking the MRCPH or DCH examinations.

Table of Contents:
DUTIES OF A PAEDATRICIAN; UK GOVERNMENT ACTS, POLICIES AND REPORTS; The Children Act 1989; Education Act 1996; The health of the nation - a strategy for England; The Patient's Charter - services for young people; A first class service: quality in the new NHS; The Ionizing Radiations Regulations Act 1985 and 1988; The Welfare of Children in Hospital (The Platt Report); CHILD HEALTH AND PUBLIC HEALTH; Health for all children -The Hall Report; Inequalities in Health (The Black Report); Confidential enquiry into stillbirths and deaths in infancy; CHILD PROTECTION; Child protection - messages from research; Report of the enquiry into child abuse in Cleveland 1987; Post Cleveland - the implications for training; Working together to safeguard children; Covert video recordings of life-threatening child abuse: Lessons for child protection; INTERNATIONAL POLICY; The state of the world's children; UN convention on the rights of a child; CLINICAL PRACTICE AND GUIDELINES; Standards for the development of clinical guidelines in paediatrics and child health; Medicines for children; Immunization against infectious disease; Asthma in adults and schoolchildren; Asthma in children under 5 years of age; The effect of intensive treatment of diabetes on the development and progression of long term complications in insulin-dependant diabetes mellitus; Clinical opinion - imaging in urinary tract infection; Consensus statement of the management and audit potential for steroid responsive nephrotic syndrome; Reducing mother-to-child transmission of HIV infection in the UK; HIV and infant feeding; Emergency medical treatment for anaphylactic reactions; Guidelines for good practice in the management of neonatal respiratory distress syndrome; ETHICS; Guidelines for the ethical conduct of medical research involving children; Withholding or withdrawing life saving treatment in children; Diagnosis of brain stem death in infants and children; The genetic testing of children; Commercial sponsorship in the royal college of paediatrics and child health; EDUCATION, TRAINING AND MANPOWER; Hospital doctors: training for the future (the calman report); A guide to specialist registrar training - 'The Orange Book'; Flexible training in paediatrics; The doctor's tale - the work of hospital doctors in England and Wales; The medical workforce in paediatrics and child health 1995-1997; Continuing medical education for career grade paediatricians; DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN'S SERVICES; Paediatric services within the community for the new millennium; Accident and emergency services for children; Ambulatory paediatric services in the UK; Children's surgical services; Surgical services for the newborn; A guide to the development of children's palliative care services; Guidance for services for children and young people with brain and spinal tumours; MISCELLANEOUS DOCUMENTS; A blueprint for clinical governance; British paediatric surveillance unit annual report 1998-1999; The cochrane library; The national newborn screening programme - an audit of phenylketonuria and congenital hypothyroidism screening in England and Wales; INDEX.