Ensuring optimal health for newborns is a concern shared by a whole
host of medical and allied health professionals. Clinicians,
researchers, and policymakers from a diverse range of specialties
regularly engage in collaborative practice in the first stage of
attaining this goal; in the early detection of newborn diseases and
disorders. In order to provide the highest quality of service, the
Audiologist, for example, must not only be well versed in hearing
screening systems, but also in genetic screening, as the new
frontier of screening brings an amalgamation of these previously
distinct systems. Until now, for those working/studying in the
domain of neonatal health, there has been no single, up-to-date,
all-inclusive information source on newborn screening programs.
This title, by drawing on the knowledge of twenty clinical and
research experts from varying fields, provides the only
comprehensive text that details the entire collection of screening
programs routinely delivered to newborns.Beginning chapters outline
preliminary information applicable to all screening systems, for
instance, the history and principles of screening, ethical and
economic debates, along with thorough description of the conditions
routinely screened for. Following are highly detailed chapters
dedicated to the specific neonatal screening programs currently in
use, as well as complimenting chapters that provide future
directions for each field. Additional discussion of topical issues,
such as the incorporation of genetic counseling into screening
programs, optimal communication with families, and the advent of
integrated, non-discipline specific, national data systems, are
contained in the final chapters. This title assists the student in
viewing their future neonatal clients as whole entities and in
understanding the role of the other professionals with whom they
shall closely interact. It allows the clinician to easily absorb
the activities of screening programs on an international level, and
the researcher to consider developments, outside of their immediate
field, that may impact on their own research agenda.It allows the
policymaker to make enlightened decisions concerning the
development of newborn screening programs in their country. In
fact, any reader with a rudimentary knowledge of pediatric health
and an interest in newborn screening will find this title to be of
invaluable worth.
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