Taking Care of Your Child: A Parent{s Guide to Complete Medical Care [Paperback]

Robert H., M.D. Pantell (Author), James F. Fries (Author), Donald M. Vickery (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1994

Illustrations and front-to-back revisions make this guide to children's health from birth through adolescence even easier to use

Taking Care of Your Child Supplies Parents with the clearest, most practical advice on maintaining their children's health. It explains exactly when a child should see a doctor and how parents can relieve other symptoms at home. This edition has many more illustrations to help parents diagnose and treat common problems, a modular design to make sections easy to find, and specific advice on over 100 common symptoms (runny nose, croup) and growing concerns (asthma, Lyme disease). Updated with the most recent immunization recommendations, proven new treatments, and other vital information, Taking Care of Your Child helps parents care for their children from birth to adulthood.

"Practical and well-done". -- T. Berry Brazelton, author of Touchpoints

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About the Author

Robert H. Pantell, M.D., is Professor of Pediatrics at University of California, San Francisco. James F. Fries, M.D., is Professor of Medicine at Stanford University. Donald M. Vickery, M.D., is head of the Self-Care Institute in Colorado.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 561 pages
• Publisher: Perseus Books; 4 edition (January 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0201632934
• ISBN-13: 978-0201632934
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 7.2 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,567,769 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just what the doctor ordered!, February 17, 2003

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This review is from: Taking Care of Your Child: A Parent's Guide to Complete Medical Care (Paperback)

We absolutely love this book! I use it all the time. If you have a pediatrician like most of us, it's very frustrating to go all the way to the doctor's just to be told there's really not much they can do, and then you have to pay them! This book has saved us many unnecessary visits and worry on behalf of our two daughters. It's so easy to use and tells you exactly what you can do on your own. In our case it has always worked. I have several friends who will call me with questions "for the book." My pediatrician was impressed by it and said he wished all his new mothers had a copy. I highly recommend it as a gift to new and/or "nervous" mothers.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wouldn't have known how to raise them without it!, March 11, 2005

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This review is from: Taking Care of Your Child: A Parent's Guide to Complete Medical Care (Paperback)

I received this book as a freebie, part of a very smart corporation's plan to get their employees to take better care of themselves and their children, presumably, of course, to thereby lessen the overall insurance burden.

Never-the-less, with the probable exception of the dictionary, it's been the most referenced book on my shelves over the last 15 years since my first child was born. I treasure its simple wisdom and sensible approach and it has helped me both to ignore certain complaints and to act quickly upon others during that time.

As for the rather embittered review which claims it's full of dangerously misleading information, I'd have to disagree (although it's important to note those comments were made in reference to feeding issues, an area -- unlike meningitis, for instance, or a fall which resulted in a jagged bone protruding -- in which there's still a fair bit of debate).

No, it shouldn't be used as a sole source of information, nor should it completely replace your own good judgement AND instinct. However, for any number of every day ailments and injuries that any parent will encounter with their children, its generally sound guidance will be most welcome in helping you arrive at a conclusion whether to phone the doctor or not.

Being a parent is often enough like playing pin the tail on the donkey in the dark -- this book, however, WILL shine a bit of light where you might need it most.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 25 Years Ago..., April 27, 2004

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This review is from: Taking Care of Your Child: A Parent's Guide to Complete Medical Care (Paperback)

...when I was a young parent, I bought this book and it was extremely helpful to me. With a new baby, it's hard to know sometimes if the illnesses and symptoms kids get are really dangerous. This book is packed with information about illnesses and conditions, plus, it gives you an easy method of determining whether or not your child needs to see the doctor. I'm going to buy a copy for my "children" now, so that they can use it for my grandchildren!