This book could be helpful if you’ve ever had questions about…

immunizations, sleep problems, toilet training,  colic, fever, car seats, sun burns, peanut allergies, poisoning, choking, passive smoking, eye injuries, diarrhea, nosebleeds, vomiting, when to keep a child home from school, autism, sibling rivalry, thumb sucking…

Dedication

The mission of hospice care is usually focused at the opposite life cycle of pediatric care.  Yet, the goal of both is remarkably similar:  to deliver compassionate and quality care framed in the needs of the patient and the family.  It is in this universal spirit of helping and serving that this book is dedicated.

Preface

I started writing a weekly column, Your Child’s Health, for The Times of Northwest Indiana in the Fall of 2000.  Since its inception, many topics have been covered.  The scope of pediatrics is broad and this has been reflected in the range of topics I have presented.  Yet, the goals of this column have remained unchanged:  to be informative, to be practical and to be an advocate for the child.

This book is a compilation of selected columns that I have written for my health column.  All proceeds from this book will be donated to a most worthwhile local charitable institution, Hospice of the Calumet Area.  I have had both personal and professional experience with hospice care, and have been in awe of their many good works and good deeds.  Therefore, I am gratified that this book reaches beyond the child, touching the lives of the entire family at a time of crisis.  Thank you, Hospice of the Calumet Area, for the privilege of being associated with you.

About the Author

After completing a pediatric residency at the University of Maryland, Robert Dershewitz, M.D. was appointed a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar at Johns Hopkins University, where he did further training as a Fellow in Ambulatory Pediatrics and earned a Masters of Science in Public Health.

Dr. Dershewitz has held a variety of academic, clinical and administrative positions, and has been on the medical faculties of The University of Chicago and Harvard University .  He has been the recipient of several clinical and teaching awards, has been a reviewer for many medical journals and has served on national health care committees.

Academic credits include editing three editions of a textbook in pediatrics, serving as associate editor of two medical newsletters, writing 35 book chapters and review articles, and publishing 19 original research articles.

Dr. Dershewitz moved from Boston to Northwest Indiana in December, 1999, to concentrate on his true love in medicine, direct patient care.  He is married and has two adult daughters.

Purchase price is $14.95.

To place an order, please contact Chris Dow at:
cdow@hospicecalumet.org or at 219-922-2732 / 708-895-8332.