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Management of cleft lip and palate in the developing world

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 a...

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Group Author: Mars, Michael.; Sell, D. A. (Debbie A.); Habel, Alex.
Published:
Literature type: Electronic eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Cleft lip > Developing countries.
Cleft palate > Developing countries.
MEDICAL > General. > General.
Cleft lip.
Cleft palate.
Cleft Lip > surgery.
Cleft Palate > surgery.
Child.
Cleft Lip > rehabilitation.
Cleft Palate > rehabilitation.
Developing Countries.
Medical Missions, Official.
Developing countries.
Electronic books.
Online Access: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9780470988244
Summary: 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.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xii, 221 p.) : ill.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780470518168 (electronic bk.)
0470518162 (electronic bk.)
9780470988244
047098824X
Index Number: RD524
CLC: R782.2
Contents: Exporting plastic surgical care to developing countries / Evan S. Garfein, Jacqueline Hom and John B. Mulliken -- So you want to help in a less developed country? / Bruce Richard -- Challenges for cleft care in the developing and developed world / Brian Sommerlad -- Cleft lip and palate management in the developing world : primary and secondary surgery and its delivery / James Lehman -- Anaesthesia for cleft lip and palate surgery in the developing world / Sarah Hodges and Isabeau Walker -- Operation Smile / Bill Magee -- Rotoplast International : a study in medical volunteerism / Angelo Capozzi -- Logistics and nursing issues / Priscilla Jurkovich -- The Sri Lankan cleft lip and palate project / Sanath P. Lamabadusuriya and Michael Mars -- Facial growth in cleft lip and palate subjects / Michael Mars -- Paediatric care in developing countries : an integrated (holistic) approach / Albert C. Goldberg and Alex Habel -- Disability, culture and cleft lip and palate / Mary Wickenden -- Psychological and social aspects of CL/P in the developing world, including implications of late surgery or no surgery / Eileen Bradbury and Alex Habel -- The background, establishment and function of a parents/patients support group in Sri Lanka / Parakrama Wijekoon -- Speech in the unoperated or late operated cleft lip and palate patient / Debbie Sell -- Speech therapy delivery and cleft lip and palate in the developing world / Debbie Sell -- ENT and audiology care for cleft palate patients in the developing world / Tony Sirimanna.

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