Children's Hospitals

Follow the links below to find information about children's hospitals, including The Children's Hospital at Westmead and the Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide.

Updated May 2008

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Title:   Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide
Publisher:   Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide
Description:   We are the state's major children's hospital and provide a comprehensive range of health services for children and young people. We offer gynaecological care for women and we are also the largest maternity hospital, caring for women and their newborn babies, and offer specialist care for premature babies.
Date:   Jun 2008

Title:   Mother and baby units for schizophrenia
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   While surveys have reported that many women strongly prefer admission to MBUs, there are concerns that admitting a baby to a psychiatric unit for long periods of time may be harmful in terms of institutionalisation of the baby, and the rarer potential r...
Date:   Nov 2006

Title:   Going into hospital
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Sometimes kids get sick. They can be a bit sick, stay home for a few days and then they are better. Sometimes kids may need to go into hospital to be made well again.
Date:   Mar 2006

Title:   The Children's Hospital at Westmead
Publisher:   The Children's Hospital at Westmead
Description:   The Children's Hospital at Westmead (formerly the New Children's Hospital) is a stand-alone service dedicated to paediatrics. It provides community medical care and paediatric emergency as well as tertiary level paediatric services. This site provides information for children, parents and health professionals.

Title:   Positioning for acute respiratory distress in hospitalised infants and children
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Infants and children with respiratory distress may potentially be more comfortable and breathe more easily when placed in positions other than lying on their back, such as being supported over someone's shoulder, sitting upright or on their tummies with...
Date:   Feb 2005

Title:   Transition care - the Cystic Fibrosis NSW experience
Publisher:   Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:   Most people with cystic fibrosis moving from the paediatric to the adult hospital face difficulties including changing health care practitioners, hospitals, medications and sharing rooms with elderly people.
Date:   Jan 2004

Title:   Bear cottage
Publisher:   The Children's Hospital at Westmead
Description:   Bear Cottage is the first children's hospice in NSW. It is a place where children with terminal illnesses and their families can stay from time to time and receive rest and medical care in a homelike environment.
Date:   Dec 2001

Title:   Table of contents (factsheets)
Publisher:   The Children's Hospital at Westmead
Description:   Categorical listing of factsheets providing information and advice on a variety of health issues affecting babies and children. These have been created by Kids Health (formerly The Child Health Promotion Unit) at the Children's Hospital Westmead and some in collaboration with Sydney Children's Hospital.
Date:   Aug 2001

Title:   Radio bed rock
Publisher:   The Children's Hospital at Westmead
Description:   You can come to the studio, hang out and listen to the music, request songs or maybe even meet a celebrity. You can also listen to Bed Rock from your bed and watch what's going on in the studio on your own TV. There is a phone beside your bed with a Radio Bed Rock 'hotline' you can use to call the studio to request a song.
Date:   Nov 2000

Title:   Starlight express room
Publisher:   The Children's Hospital at Westmead
Description:   If you're in need of a bit of fun, wander into the Starlight Express Room. It's a doctor free zone. If theres not a clown, magician, workshop or other performance to get involved with, play Nintendo 64 or a CD ROM game, get creative in the Art and Craft Zone, play on the piano or just have a good time with Captain Starlight.
Date:   Nov 2000

Title:   Book bunker
Publisher:   The Children's Hospital at Westmead
Description:   At The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Scholastic Australia has created a library haven for sick children. This very special project has made a real difference to the lives of sick children at Australia's largest and most modern specialist children's hospital.
Date:   Nov 2000

Title:   Operation art
Publisher:   The Children's Hospital at Westmead
Description:   Operation Art is an initiative of The Children's Hospital at Westmead, the Department of Education and Training and The Art Gallery of New South Wales. The program is in its sixth year and continues to attract the work of young artists from across the state.
Date:   Oct 2000

Title:   The Gene Therapy Research Unit
Publisher:   The Children's Hospital at Westmead
Description:   A joint initiative of The Children's Hospital at Westmead and the Children's Medical Research Institute. This strategic partnership has allowed the development of a robust and successful scientific research and development program that is rapidly progressing from the laboratory bench to the patient bedside.
Date:   Jul 2000

Title:   Parent and patient admissions guide
Publisher:   The Children's Hospital at Westmead
Description:   A general information brochure about The Children's Hospital at Westmead. It explains the Hospital's location, how to get there, types of accommodation, admission details, places to eat, health services and facilities and discharge details.
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