Around the Globe for Women's Health A Practical Guide for the Health Care Provider /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Shirazian, Taraneh (Editor), Gertz, Erin (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Gynecology.; Obstetrics.; Health promotion.; Maternal and child health services.; Medicine & Public Health.; Obstetrics/Perinatology.; Maternal and Child Health.; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.

In the increasingly globalized twenty-first century, cross-cultural communication and knowledge of culturally informed health practices are critical skills for women’s health providers. Around the Globe for Women’s Health is a concise, culturally sensitive, and clinically relevant guide that aims to...

Table of Contents:

• Maternal Mortality: The Greatest Health Divide in the World
• Postpartum Hemorrhage in a Conflict Setting
• Obstetric Fistula
• Diagnosis and Treatment of Malaria in Pregnancy
• The Unmet Need for Family Planning
• Anesthesia in Action at a Global Health Site
• At Your Cervix: Preventing Cervical Cancer using a Single Visit Approach
• The Challenge of Global Cervical and Breast Cancer Prevention, Detection, and Treatment
• Radiation Therapy: A Privilege, not a Right – Treatment of Cervical Cancer with Limited Radiotherapy in Low-Resource Settings
• Interested in Volunteering Abroad? Considerations When Choosing a Global Health Opportunity.