The Handbook of International Adoption Medicine: A Guide for Physicians Parents and Providers

The Handbook of International Adoption Medicine A Guide for Physicians, Parents, and Providers Since 1989, American families have adopted more than 230,000 children from other countries. Many of these children have lived in crowded conditions, sometimes with poor standards of hygiene, inadequate nutrition, and limited numbers of caregivers. Some suffer from endemic infectious diseases. Upon arrival, practitioners often fail to recognize the unique concerns of this group. This text provides an overview of the specialized medical and developmental issues that affect internationally adopted children, offering guidelines to the physicians caring for these children and their families before, during, and after adoption. The reader will learn how to advise families prior to an international adoption, how to perform an effective initial screening assessment of the newly arrived child, and how to recognize and manage developmental and other more long-term problems as they emerge.Additional ISBNs9780195176810, 9780199759774, 9781423707745The Handbook of International Adoption Medicine: A Guide for Physicians, Parents, and Providers is written by Laurie C. Miller M.D. and published by Oxford University Press. ISBNs for The Handbook of International Adoption Medicine are 9780190286989, 0190286989 and the print ISBNs are 9780195145304, 0195145305. Additional ISBNs include 9780195176810, 9780199759774, 9781423707745.