Management of cleft lip and palate in the developing world


edited by Michael Mars, Debbie Sell, Alex Habel.
Bok Engelsk 2008 · Electronic books.
Utgitt
Chichester, England ; Hoboken, NJ : : John Wiley, , c2008.
Omfang
1 online resource (235 p.)
Opplysninger
Description based upon print version of record.. - Management of Cleft Lip and Palate in the Developing World; Contents; List of Contributors; Foreword; Introduction; Part I SURGERY AND ANAESTHESIA; 1 Exporting Plastic Surgical Care to Developing Countries; 2 So You Want to Help in a Less Developed Country?; 3 Challenges for Cleft Care in the Developing and the Developed World; 4 Cleft Lip and Palate Management in the Developing World: Primary and Secondary Surgery and Its Delivery; 5 Anaesthesia for Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery in the Developing World; Part II APPROACHES TO ORGANIZATION; 6 Operation Smile. - 14 The Background, Establishment and Function of a Parents/Patients Support Group in Sri LankaPart V SPEECH AND AUDIOLOGY; 15 Speech in the Unoperated or Late Operated Cleft Lip and Palate Patient; 16 Speech Therapy Delivery and Cleft Lip and Palate in the Developing World; 17 ENT and Audiology Care for Cleft Palate Patients in the Developing World; Index. - 7 Rotaplast International: A Study in Medical Volunteerism8 Logistics and Nursing Issues; 9 The Sri Lankan Cleft Lip and Palate Project; Part III FACIAL GROWTH RESEARCH; 10 Facial Growth in Cleft Lip and Palate Subjects; Part IV MEDICAL MANAGEMENT, DISABILITY, PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL ASPECTS; 11 Paediatric Care in Developing Countries: An Integrated (Holistic) Approach; 12 Disability, Culture and Cleft Lip and Palate; 13 Psychological and Social Aspects of CL/P in the Developing World, Including Implications of Late Surgery or No Surgery. - This book explores the complex issues surrounding the management of cleft lip and palate in the Developing World, and aims to raise the profile of a condition commonly considered to be of only cosmetic importance in countries where infant and child mortality rates are high. It provides information and guidelines to three groups: those in the Developing World setting up programmes of cleft lip and palate care, and clinicians from developed countries delivering care in that context, as well as clinicians in the Developing World itself. The book is multidisciplinary, demonstrating the role of eve
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Cleft lip - Developing countries
Cleft palate - Developing countries
Cleft Lip - surgery
Cleft Lip - therapy
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