Archives of Diseases in Childhood

“Scarcely had I started leafing through the pages on head lice – clearly laid out, comprehensively but unobtrusively referenced, common myths unemotionally and objectively assessed – when I realised that this, like Delia Smith’s Christmas, was a book I had been looking for all my life. Entire pages have been copied (the authors helpfully say you are allowed to) and handed to parents at our village school. For the first time in years the annual parents’ evening was not dominated by heated discussions on head lice. Our health visitors think it’s great…The importance of patient education has been clearly thought out. For example there is a patient information sheet on head lice designed to fit into a standard format, parent-held child health record…This book is a valuable and authoritative document.”

Sarah Wookey, General Practitioner