This book brings a multidisciplinary approach to the gynecologic care of infants, children, and adolescents. The editors are truly fortunate to have outstanding contributors from the fields of pediatrics, urology, psychology, surgery, and gynecology, who discuss the recognition and treatment of medical illness in these specific age groups. The pathophysiology of disease is stressed. Knowledgeab…
Pancasila bagi bangsa Indonesia merupakan falsafah bangsa dan pandangan hidup. Syarbaini (2009) menjelaskan bahwa nilai-nilai Pancasila adalah falsafah hidup atau pandangan hidup yang berkembang dalam sosial-budaya Indonesia. Nilai Pancasila dianggap nilai dasar dan puncak atau sari budaya bangsa. Oleh karena itu, nilai ini diyakini sebagai jiwa dan kepribadian bangsa. Dengan mendasarnya nilai …
Motherhood is skilled, emotionally demanding, and exhausting work. In most families, the mother is the main source of comfort, care, and counsel: all members benefi t from her devotion, enthusiasm, and resourcefulness, and all—especially the children—suffer from her discouragement. Every effort we make to improve mothers’ well-being and morale is a contribution to family life, and the hea…
Any book written says as much about the author as it does about its subject, and this volume is a prime example. I came to the topic both as an historian and a midwife, in that order. In the early 1990s I took a degree in history, focusing on the social and economic history of early twentieth-century Britain, followed by a master’s degree in English Local History and a dissertation that focus…
Teaching innovation can be used to promote the 6Cs in one of the most purportedly stigmatising areas of maternity care: obesity. As rates of maternal obesity continue to rise, getting this area of care right becomes more urgent. Although a great deal has been published about the unsatisfactory and stigmatising impact that staff attitudes can have on those with obesity, there is relatively littl…
Health of the adult population is closely interwoven with the health of chil- dren; and the health of children depends on their levels of physical activity, their motor abilities, and their motor skills. Children are born to move, to play, and to be physically active. The growth of children depends on the styles of living and nutritional habits of their parents. Active parents usually have acti…
For nearly 20 years the work of Transparency International has demonstrated that corruption ruins lives and obstructs attempts at social and economic development. This is particularly true for the education sector. Education gives young minds form and shape and transmits vital knowledge – a process that shapes the societies in which we live. It is therefore essential that education services a…
The National Academy of Sciences is a private, nonprofit, self-perpetuating society of distinguished scholars engaged in scientific and engineering research, dedicated to the furtherance of science and technology and to their use for the general welfare. Upon the authority of the charter granted to it by the Congress in 1863, the Academy has a mandate that requires it to advise the federal gove…