Injury in the Young

List of contributors; Editor's preface; 1. The epidemiology of trauma involving children S. Jarvis and P. Edwards; 2. Emergency room requirements for children B. M. Phillips; 3. Child deaths in Accident and Emergency B. Wright; 4. Immediate life support G. S. Samra and R. M. Bingham; 5. Evaluation of injury in children B. M. Phillips; 6. Injuries of the developing brain C. M. Bannister; 7. Wound healing in children J. G. Andrew; 8. The lung after injury in children J. Grigg; 9. Metabolic and endocrine stress responses to surgery M. P. Ward Platt; 10. Head injury in children P. M. Sharples; 11. Near drowning D. Bohn; 12. The acute response to burn injury in children C. Childs; 13. Nutritional support of the severely burned child M. J. Muller and D. N. Herndon; 14. Recovery, rehabilitation and the neuropsychological sequelae of head injury M. Crouchman; 15. Children's rights and child protection J. Harris; Index.