Research Catalog

Title

The handbook of international adoption medicine : a guide for physicians, parents, and providers / Laurie C. Miller.

Author

Miller, Laurie C.

Publication

New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.

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Description

xv, 448 pages : illustrations, maps; 27 cm

Subjects

• Adopted children > Medical care > United States
• Adopted children > Diseases > United States
• Physician-Patient Relations
• Child Welfare
• Intercountry adoption
• Internationality
• Adoption
• Interracial adoption
• Adopted children > Health and hygiene > United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 437-439) and index.

Contents

1. International adoption medicine -- Pt. I. Before the adoption -- 2. The effects of institutionalization on children -- 3. Special regional considerations -- 4. Pre-adoption counseling and evaluation of the referral -- Pt. II. Prenatal exposures -- 5. Fetal alcohol syndrome -- 6. Prenatal drug exposure -- 7. Prenatal exposure to maternal smoking -- 8. Effects of stress in early life -- Pt. III. Travel and transition -- 9. Travel and transition to the adoptive family -- Pt. IV. Growth and development -- 10. Malnutrition -- 11. Micronutrient deficiencies -- 12. Microcephaly and early brain injury -- 13. Developmental delay -- Pt. V. Infectious diseases -- 14. Tuberculosis -- 15. Hepatitis B -- 16. Hepatitis C -- 17. Intestinal parasites and other enteric infections -- 18. Human immunodeficiency virus -- 19. Syphilis -- 20. Helicobacter pylori -- 21. Immunization and vaccine-preventable diseases -- 22. Unusual and other infectious diseases -- Pt. VI. Other medical conditions -- 23. Inherited disorders of erythrocytes -- 24. Lead and other environmental toxins -- 25. Rickets -- 26. Uncertain age -- 27. Precocious puberty -- 28. Lactose intolerance -- Pt. VII. Neurocognitive and behavioral issues -- 29. Attachment -- 30. Behavioral and mental disorders -- 31. Language competence -- 32. School issues -- 33. Dysfunction of sensory integration -- 34. Culture and identity -- 35. After the adoption : unspoken problems.

ISBN

• 0195176812 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 0195145305 (paper : alk. paper)

LCCN

2003069102

OCLC

• ocm53840452
• SCSB-5131736

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries