International Child Health Care: A Practical Manual for Hospitals Worldwide

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Saw Sian Chin, paediatrician (sianchin@doctors.org.uk)

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Child Advocacy International Eds David Southall, Brian Coulter, Christiane Ronald, Sue Nicholson, Simon Parke BMJ Books, £55, pp 637

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Before setting out to the Gambia for a one year paediatric placement, I was looking for the equivalent of an Oxford Handbook of paediatrics in developing countries. However, I could find only a handful of textbooks on tropical paediatrics, which contained detailed pathophysiology and expensive managements, but provided nothing really practical.

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