EDITORIAL

Pediatric education at the crossroads                                                                                     801
Harjit Singh

SPECIAL ARTICLES

Child abuse and neglect (CAN): Indian perspective                                                                 803
A.K. Bhattacharyya

The epileptic mother and her child                                                                                          811
Anette Philbert and Mogens Dam

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Correlates of the self-concept in child-abusing parents                                                                      827
S.C. Anderson and H.G. Richek

Knowledge, attitude and practice of perinatal care amongst traditional birth Attendants (DAIS) trained vs. untrained                                                                                 837
N.B. Mathur, A.K. Gargye and V.J. Rajput

Training the trainer in relevant and specific nutrition health education (NHE): Development of a low-cost and effective communication model                                            843
T. Gopaldas, J. Patel, K. Nanavati, M. Trivedi, P. Mehta, S. Kantak and U.  Patel

Rheumatic fever: Clinical profile of 339 cases with long term follow up                                            849
M.K. Joshi, P.W. Kandoth, R.J. Barse and J.R. Kamat

Gastroscopy  in children                                                                                                         855
P.L.N.G. Rao, M.G. Shenoy, A. Venkatesh and P.K.R. Warrier

Community perception and practices in childhood diarrhea                                                   859
D.K. Srinivasa and Emelita Afonso

BRIEF REPORTS

Hypothyroidism with multiple congenital anomalies                                                              865
J.M. Puliyel and P.G. Thomas

Plasmapheresis in acute guillian barre syndrome                                                                   867
V. Kalra, V. Dhar and D. Haldar

Pulmonary tuberculoma in an infant                                                                                       869
S. Mullick, K.L. Narasinmharao, S. Katariya and S.K. Mitra

Short rib-polydactyly syndrome majewski type                                                          870
K.R. Raghavan, L.M. Ambani, D.N. Patel and D.A. Khare

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Parents’ knowledge about cerebral palsy                                                                                875
Lalit kant and S. Dewan

Collodion babies                                                                                                                      876
P. Madhavachandran Nair and K. Sabarinathan

Integrated approach to MCH and family planning                                                                   876
Ajay K. Sood and Umesh Kapil

General understanding and pleasure in newborn                                                                    877
Ravi S. Iyer

Reply                                                                                                                                       878
Masood

BOOK REVIEWS

A text book of breast cancer                                                                                                   879
I.K. Dhawan

Clinical aspects of child development                                                                                     879
Sudarshan Kumari and (Mrs.) V. Nigam