child and Adult Life in Health and Disease a Study in Social Paediatrics
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Craig, B.bc., M.D.,
F-R.C.P., F.R.S.E. With a Foreword by Professor Charles McNeil, M.A., M.D., F.R.C.P., F.R.C.P.E., F-R.S.E. E. & S. Livingstone Ltd. Pp. 667. 25s.
thJ^S v?l.ume has succeeded in getting right away from ?n hausterity standards of wartime publishing. Printed 202 glossy paper and lavishly illustrated with some som Photographic plates and diagrams it comes as ‘nS of a shock to the reader inured to wartime ??ditions.
lher?[essor McNeil states in his foreword “It covers ?fclvi ranSe human needs throughout the span hav u anc* adolescent life and describes how these needs half fn suPPhed from 1600 to 1945 “. The secondfirst K statement’s perhaps more accurate than the ernot ause t’ie hook does not deal at all with the intimate relat ^ nee<^s children, nor with day to day social the ‘?nships, but even omitting these vast subjects, d0e ??k still covers an enormous field and naturally ^ not entirely escape from being a catalogue.
Win ? suh-title, ” A Study in Social Paediatrics “? thei-01?8’63^ those interested in social psychology because an(ie s a complete absence of reference to family life hove soc’a’ inter-relations of children. The book, Pnb]-r? does set out very clearly the complexity of by it’0 anc voluntary provision for children and also, a cu v.ery omissions, the shortcomings which it has taken Thu Committee to bring into the limelight.
One r stor|cal section makes fascinating reading and egrets that this could not have been extended into a volume on its own. On present day provision the disadvantages of the catalogue strike forcibly and it is possible that many specialists will feel dissatisfield with the attention paid to their own particular part. For instance the absence of any reference to the work of the Central Association for Mental Welfare in the community care of mental defectives is a serious omission, and also child guidance and the emotional problems of children gets considerably less of a share than their incidence and importance deserve.
The last section contains many useful extracts from the law, and the references to hospitals and social agencies will be found of value so long as they remain up to date. A number of blank pages are included for the reader’s own notes, but the paper is so grand that it is doubtful whether many would dare to take advantage of this facility. K.S.
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