Principles and Practice of Travel Medicine - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0471490792 ISBN 13 : 9780471490791

Editeur : John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2001

Synopsis

Disease knows no frontiers and almost any place in the world can be reached within 24--36 hours, less time than the incubation period of most infectious diseases. As one of todaya s healthcare professionals you are expected to prevent, identify and treat all infectious diseases irrespective of geographical and climatic limitations. To do this you must be well versed in the development of new and improved vaccines and the rapid advances in the development of the latest drugs and treatments. Principles and Practice of Travel Medicine provides up to the minute information on the prevention and treatment of travel--related ill health, as well as the effects travel can have on people. Written in a distinctive style, Zuckerman offers you not only the latest information, but also an interesting, thought provoking read. Your essential one--stop resource for travel medicine, includes: aeo Epidemiology and surveillance of infectious diseases aeo Malaria and other parasitic diseases aeo Aviation medicine and psychology aeo Altitude medicine aeo Illness in returning travellers aeo Vaccine preventable diseases aeo Children and travel

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture

This second edition of Principles and Practice of Travel Medicine has been updated to provide a comprehensive description of travel medicine and is an invaluable reference resource to support the clinical practice of travel medicine.

This new edition covers the many recent advances in the field, including the development of new and combined vaccines; malaria prophylaxis; emerging new infections; new hazards resulting from travel to long haul destinations; health tourism; and population movements. The chapter on vaccine–preventable diseases includes new developments in licensed vaccines, as well as continent–based recommendations for their administration.

There are chapters on the travel health management of high risk travellers, including the diabetic traveller, the immuno–compromised, those with cardiovascular, renal, neurological, gastrointestinal, malignant and other disorders, psychological and psychiatric illnesses, pregnant women, children and the elderly.

With increasing numbers of ever more adventurous travellers, there is discussion of travel medicine within extreme environments, whilst the chapter on space tourism may well be considered the future in travel medicine.

Principles and Practice of Travel Medicine is an invaluable resource for health care professionals providing advice and clinical care to the traveller.

Revue de presse

"The case histories throughout help to highlight the subjects. This textbook will be a welcome addition to those involved in training and those advising travellers and a valuable resource for study and reference." ( Royal College of Nursing Travel Medicine Forum Newsletter, January 2002)

"To put together such a valuable and useful reference as this is a monumental task, and the book deserves a place on the shelves of all travel clinics." (Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene)

"...This is a good book. It is comprehensive, covers the major problems fully, while providing at least a short entry on the less common and more exotic..." (Tropical Doctor)

"...easy to read and highly informative...will be invaluable and will replace my usual reference sources..." (Family Practice, Vol.19, No.4, 2002) 

"...overviews general principles for keeping people healthy while they travel..." (SciTech Book News, Vol. 26, No. 2, June 2002)

"...I would highly recommend this book...the content is invaluable..." (Practice Nurse, 27 September 2002)

"The book deserves a place beside the few other textbooks on travel medicine." (New England Journal of Medicine, October 10, 2002)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: John Wiley & Sons Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0471490792
• ISBN 13: 9780471490791
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 516
• Éditeur: Zuckerman Jane N.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible