Leslie Young - The Everything Parents Guide To Childhood Illnesses: Expert Advice That Dispels Myths and Helps Parents Recognize Symptoms and Understand Treatments

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Dear Reader,

As a strong proponent of informative medicine, I like to treat parents as partners. My job is to provide you with the best and most up-to-date facts so you can make an informed decision about your child's health care. This book is a comprehensive compilation of information I routinely Dear Reader, use to educate my patients' parents.

Instead of writing another reference book on how to care for a sick child, I decided to focus on addressing the common medical misconceptions. There is already a plethora of pediatric advice book s in circulation, and most of them are well written and full of good advice, but there exists a blatant gap in the market for a book addressing myths and fallacies.

As parents, you are constantly bombarded by advice, both solicited and unsolicited. Aunt Mar y might object to your letting your children take swimming lessons, and Grandma Mildred might scold you if you leave the air conditioning on at night. Even if you know that some of these things might not be true, you can't really call your doctor whenever such a discussion comes up. If you ever want to find a book that answers such questions with professional medical author it y, this book is for you.

Sincerely,

Expert advice that dispels myths and helps parents recognize symptoms and understand treatments

Leslie Young, M.D. With Technical Review by Vincent Iannelli, M.D.

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