Transitioning Medical Care Through Adolescence to Adulthood /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Wood, Dan (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Williams, Alun (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Koyle, Martin A. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Baird, Andrew D. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: General practice (Medicine).; Urology.; Pediatrics.; General Practice / Family Medicine.

This book provides a guide to the complexities of medical care through adolescence and into adulthood. The principles of transition, the management of patients and parents, and developmentally appropriate adolescent health care are discussed and evaluated. The academic importance of understanding lo...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Metrics
• 2. Information Transfer
• 3. Managing the parents
• 4. Barriers to Transition
• 5. Assessing Readiness
• 6. Clinical Safety
• 7. Building the Team (MDT)
• 8. Political Concerns- Institutional, Government, Insurance, Funding
• 9. What do patients worry about?
• 10. Why should we worry about Patients?
• 11. Taking a Service Forward.