A Map of the Child: A Pediatrician's Tour of the Body

"A delightful, quirky, awe-inspiring journey . . . Sanghavi is a vivid and effortless teller of human tales and quite evidently a special doctor, too." Atul Gawande, author of ComplicationsIn this compelling book, Dr. Darshak Sanghavi takes the reader on a dramatic tour of a child's eight vital organs, beginning with the lungs and proceeding through the heart, blood, bones, brain, skin, gonads, and gut.Along the way, we meet children and families in extraordinary circumstances a premature baby named Adam Flax who was born with undeveloped lungs, a teenage boy with a positive pregnancy test, and a young girl who keeps losing weight despite her voracious appetite. In a deeply personal narrative, Sanghavi provides a richly detailed and humanized portrait of how the pediatric body functions in both sickness and health.
Author: Sanghavi, Darshak

Publisher: Holt Paperbacks

Binding: Paperback

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0805075119

ISBN-13: 9780805075113