Cerebral palsies - (Clinics in Developmental Medicine (Mac Keith Press)) by Fiona Stanley & Eve Blair & Eva Alberman (Hardcover)

About the Book

An essential and timely account of good epidemiological research into the cerebral palsies and related areas.

Book Synopsis

This is a new specialist reference on the most common physical disability--the cerebral palsies. It follows up on the authors' earlier work The Epidemiology of the Cerebral Palsies (1984). In this volume the authors explore

How best to study causes

How to use the massive amount of information available internationally

How to collect and analyze data

Trends in the cerebral palsies

New ways of thinking about causal pathways in the cerebral palsies that suggest possible new prevention pathways

The systematic management of the cerebral palsies. This is a timely update and an essential guide to good epidemiological research into cerebral palsies and related areas.

From the Back Cover

This is a clinical text about the commonest physical disability - the cerebral palsies. It follows up on the authors' earlier work The Epidemiology of the Cerebral Palsies, and its focus is still on epidemiology. In Cerebral Palsies: Epidemiology and Causal Pathways the authors offer:
Guidance on how best to study causes
Advice on how to use the massive amount of information available internationally
Novel ways to collect and analyse data
A complete review of all published data on trends in the cerebral palsies
New ways of thinking about causal pathways in the cerebral palsies which suggest possible new prevention pathway
A chapter devoted to systematic management of the cerebral palsies.
This is a timely update and an essential guide to good epidemiological research into cerebral palsies and related areas.

Review Quotes

"This new edition provides a fascinating insight into the complex aetiology of cerebral palsy and why the current group of children with cerebral palsy have such a diverse range of problems." Physiotherapy