Description
The book that you hold is the fulfilment of the dreams of the doyens of Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP). For many years, the need for good Indian books in every specialty of pediatrics was felt. The Indian Academy of Pediatrics has no dearth of great teachers and writers in the various subspecialties to author these books. Their dedicated and diligent labor has created the beautiful and eminently readable book that you hold. An Indian book by Indian authors will appropriately suit the needs of the readers in India and in countries with similar geographical and sociocultural milieus. Although the first editions of the IAP subspecialty series were published in 2006, we proudly present to you a second, completely revised and updated edition.
The IAP specialty series books serve the purpose of providing evidence based, authentic and uniform information to IAP members, other pediatricians, and students of pediatrics in the country. Guidelines and established protocols on disease management will be very helpful for pediatricians in their everyday practice.
Creating a book is such as the birth of a baby. Right from conception to delivery, there is a long and complex process. It is very labor intensive and time- consuming work that involves considerable financial expense too. To streamline the entire process from writing to editing to publishing to distribution and sales of books, it was envisioned to have an additional wing of IAP, and which is established as “IAP National Publication House (IAP NPH)” at Gwalior.
Knowledge has no limits and seekers of knowledge can access the subject from anywhere in the world. We understand that books published by IAP NPH will be read and referred not only in India but also in many parts of the world. Objective of IAP NPH, therefore, is to provide standardized content and world class quality. With this objective, printed books are to be made available throughout the globe and distribution will also be done through online editions. 7 books at a time is a mammoth task and for this we collaborated with the second largest medical publisher in the world, i.e. M/s Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd, New Delhi, India.
What you are reading, the world is also reading. Our writers are getting worldwide exposure and readers are getting world class books at reasonable cost.
It needs to be mentioned here that all authors and editors have dedicated the royalty from sale of books to IAP and have thereby done a selfless service for our mother organization. By buying this book, you are also contributing to IAP in a significant manner.
Finally, we express our pride and happiness in being associated with this project and in reaching this valuable book to you. We wish you a happy and contented reading.