Conflict and Catastrophe Medicine: A Practical Guide

Hopperus, Buma; Buma, Adriaan P. C. C. Hopperus

ISBN 10: 184800351X / ISBN 13: 9781848003514

Edité par Springer, 2009

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Conflict and Catastrophe Medicine: A Practical Guide
• Éditeur: Springer
• Date de parution: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 184800351X
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781848003514
• Reliure: Paperback
• Édition: 2ème Édition
• État de l'article: Very Good
• État de la jaquette: No Jacket

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Synopsis

A 'how-to' book for medical aid workers - doctors, nurses and paramedics - working in hostile environments (natural disasters, man-made disasters, conflict in all its forms and remote or austere industrial settings). This manual provides information on what is going on, how to get involved, how to get ready, guidance on what to do out there, and how to get home bridging the fields of medicine, nursing international relations, politics, economics and history.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Conflict and Catastrophe Medicine - A Practical Guide provides a framework for use by health professionals visiting a resource-constrained environment. Encompassing problems brought about by local conflict or natural disasters, the book covers preparation, organisation, logistics, treatment of major trauma and medical emergencies, and the special problems of delivering medicine in a hostile environment. Conflict and Catastrophe Medicine - A Practical Guide comprehensively tackles: - self-preparation of health professionals to face a range of medical and related problems which occur in hostile and remote environments; - war and disaster medicine, covering acute management, rehabilitation, reconstruction and prevention; - bridging the fields of medicine, nursing, international relations, history, politics and economics. The book also touches on nutrition, infection, trauma, psychiatry and psychological medicine and training. James Ryan, Leonard Cheshire Professor of Conflict Recovery, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, UK Peter F Mahoney, Consultant Anaesthetist and Honorary Senior Lecturer in Conflict Medicine, Leonard Cheshire Centre, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, UK Ian Greaves, Lecturer in Conflict Medicine, Leonard Cheshire Centre, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, UK Gavin Bowyer, Consultant in Orthopaedic Surgery, Southampton General Hospital, UK.