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GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE LIFESPAN
Growth and Development Across the Lifespan
A Health Promotion Focus
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By
Gloria Leifer, MA, RN, Associate Professor, Obstetrics, Pediatrics, and Trauma Nursing, Riverside Community College, Riverside, CA
Heidi Hartston, PhD, Clinical Psychologist, Stanford University Medical Center; Assistant Clinical Professor, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

Description
This book provides introductory coverage of growth and development throughout the lifespan. The content emphasizes normal aspects as well as the unique problems and health promotion needs of each age and stage of development. It features a strong health promotion theme structured around Healthy People 2010 objectives.

Contents
Chapter 1 Healthy People 2010
Chapter 2 Government Influences on Health Care
Chapter 3 The Influence of Family on Developing a Lifestyle
Chapter 4 Theories of Development
Chapter 5 Prenatal Influences on Healthy Development
Chapter 6 The Infant
Chapter 7 Early Childhood
Chapter 8 Middle Childhood
Chapter 9 Adolescence
Chapter 10 Young Adulthood
Chapter 11 Middle Adulthood
Chapter 12 Late Adulthood
Chapter 13 Geriatrics: Advanced Old-Age
Chapter 14 Planning for the End of a Generation
Chapter 15 Bereavement

Appendix A: Immunization Schedules.
(1) Recommended Adult Immunization Schedule, United States, 2002-2003
(2) Recommended Immunizations for Adults with Medical Conditions, United States, 2002-2003
Appendix B: Paradigm of Cultural Influence Across the Lifespan

Bibliographic details
Paperback, 320 pages, publication date: JAN-2004
ISBN-13: 978-0-7216-9879-3
ISBN-10: 0-7216-9879-4
Imprint: SAUNDERS


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