Description
While serving as a physician overseas in resource-poor countries, Dr. James Chambers recognized the need for a�practical, portable reference�for non-specialist healthcare providers to orient them to common issues when serving in new situations, whether due to�geography, austere environments, or complex humanitarian disasters.�Field Guide to Global Health and Disaster Medicine�draws on the experience, training, and perspectives of committed healthcare providers from diverse nations and backgrounds to provide�the most essential information for maximum utility in the field�whether in a refugee camp, operating room, disaster response scene, or other demanding environment.
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Helps providers prepare for service overseas, organize data to develop differential diagnoses, assimilate information on infectious and environmental diseases, and�effectively serve the patients they will encounter.�
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Provides�concise, easy-to-read coverage�of how to approach a differential diagnosis for infectious diseases overseas; nutritional, sexual, and environmental conditions; surgical and anesthesia care; long-term and short-term systems-based challenges, and more.�
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Covers�key topics�such as Approach to Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons, Medical Response to Disasters, Mental Health in War and Crisis Regions, and Considerations for Pandemic Preparedness and Response.�
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Acknowledges the�wide variance of different cultures, motives, resources, and limitations�in the global health arena, and helps readers understand the factors which impact the efficacy and sustainability of care strategies.
Typham this is the title: Field Guide to Global Health & Disaster Medicine
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