Comprehensive Cleft Care

✍ Scribed by Jeffrey P. Simons

• Book ID: 102449036
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 34 KB
• Volume: 119
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0023-852X
• DOI: 10.1002/lary.20550

✦ Synopsis

The individual chapters were written by about 135 contributing authors, all of whom are experts in their particular fields. The textbook includes an international cohort of renowned authors from more than 10 countries.

Topics range from embryology and genetics to nursing and primary care of cleft patients, to surgical management of cleft lip and palate, to speech therapy, to velopharyngeal dysfunction, to dental and orthodontic management, to psychological and behavioral aspects of clefting. There are chapters on the history of cleft lip and palate repair and fundamentals of team care. A very interesting chapter on international missions for cleft care is included.