"A comprehensive history taking is implicit to all health care disciplines to aid the diagnostic consultation process and to inform the optimal course of management. The skill of history taking has changed over the decades and has adopted a wider context as a predictive diagnostic tool. In order to facilitate a more holistic approach to the examination of the newborn, a thorough evaluation of the maternal and newborn history is essential. Short-term outcomes, long-term morbidities or even mortality can be influenced by the quality of the history taking in terms of the predictive risk for some adverse clinical conditions"-- Provided by publisher.

History taking and the newborn examination : an evolving perspective / Claire Evans -- Cardiovascular and respiratory assessment of the baby / Christopher D. Bedford and Anne Lomax -- The neonatal skin : examination of the jaundiced newborn / Morris Gordon and Anne Lomax -- Examination of the head, neck and eyes / Carmel Noonan, Fiona J. Rowe and Anne Lomax -- Assessment of gestational age and newborn reflexes / Anne Lomax -- Examination of the newborn abdomen and genitalia / Morris Gordon -- Developmental dysplasia of the hip and abnormalities of the foot / Robin W. Paton and Naomi Davis -- Chromosomal and genetic problems : giving feedback to parents / Delyth Webb and Anne Lomax -- Newborn Behaviours : supporting parents to develop early attachments / Jeanette Appleton and Clare Hughes -- Examination of the newborn : professional issues in practice / Norma Fryer, Claire Evans.