Children's Health

The Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy Through Adolescence

The Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy Through Adolescence features articles by medical writers and health-care professionals affecting children from conception through age 18. The in-depth entries cover a variety of topics including:

• diseases and disorders
• developmental stages
• psychosocial issues
• family life
• drugs
• medical procedures

Written without hard-to-understand medical jargon, The Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health uses language every day readers can understand, while still providing enough depth to benefit today's health science students.