Nowhere is patient education more important than in the pediatric setting. Proper education ensures that patients, parents and caregivers remain active participants in a child's ongoing care. The Pediatric Patient Education Manual provides the pediatric health care professional with patient and practitioner reference materials spanning infancy to adolescence. With the help of an editorial advisory board, materials have been collected from hospitals, individual and group pediatric practices, health departments, home care agencies, and academic settings, As well as extracted from the pediatric literature. The manual contains guidelines, instructions, checklists, and other tools to facilitate pediatric patient education. All chapters are prefaced by a detailed table of contents, separated by tabbed dividers, and comprised of large-print, uncluttered handouts that highlight major concepts and simplify patient teaching.