Fundamentals of Children''s Anatomy and Physiology - A Textbook for Nursing and Healthcare Students

When caring for the well or ill child, recognising and responding to their anatomical and physiological differences is essential.

List of contents

About the seriesContributorsPrefaceAcknowledgementsHow to use your textbookAbout the companion websiteChapter 1 The child in society: enhancing health and wellbeingLisa Whiting and Mary DonnellyChapter 2 HomeostasisMary BradyChapter 3 Scientific principlesPeter S. VickersChapter 4 The cellPeter S. VickersChapter 5 GeneticsPeter S. VickersChapter 6 TissuesPeter S. VickersChapter 7 The immune systemAlison MosenthalChapter 8 BloodPeter S. VickersChapter 9 The cardiac systemSheila RobertsChapter 10 The respiratory systemElizabeth AkersChapter 11 The endocrine systemJulia PettyChapter 12 The digestive system and nutritionJoanne OutteridgeChapter 13 The renal systemElizabeth Gormley-FlemingChapter 14 The reproductive systemsAnn L. BevanChapter 15 The nervous systemPetra BrownChapter 16 The muscular systemElizabeth Gormley-FlemingChapter 17 The skeletal systemDebbie MartinChapter 18 The sensesJoanne OutteridgeChapter 19 The skinElizabeth Gormley-FlemingSelf-assessment answersIndex

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth Gormley-Fleming, Ia Peate, Ian Peate, Ian Gormley-Fleming Peate
• Assisted by: Gormley-Fleming (Editor), Elizabeth Gormley-Fleming (Editor), Ia Peate (Editor), Ian Peate (Editor)
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.01.2015
• EAN: 9781118625057
• ISBN: 978-1-118-62505-7
• No. of pages: 528
• Series: Fundamentals; Fundamentals
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Nursing