Principles and practice of travel medicine /

This second edition of Principles and Practice of Travel Medicine has been extensively 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 th...

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Other Authors: Zuckerman, Jane N.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Chichester] : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013.
Edition:2nd ed.
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • Section I: Travel Medicine. Trends in Travel / Thomas L Treadwell
  • Tourism, Aviation and the Impact on Travel Medicine / Anne Graham
  • Epidemiology of Health Risks and Travel / Hans D Nothdurft, Eric Caumes
  • Fitness to Travel / Dominique Tessier
  • Management of a Travel Clinic / Abinash Virk, Elaine C Jong
  • Section II: Infectious Diseases and Travel. Epidemiology and Surveillance of Travel-Related Diseases / Tomas Jelinek
  • Virus Infections in Travellers / Arie J Zuckerman
  • Bacterial Infections in Travellers / Ann L N Chapman, Christopher J Ellis
  • Vector-Borne Parasitic Diseases / Emma C Wall, Peter L Chiodini
  • Malaria and Travellers / David J Bell, David G Lalloo
  • Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases / Francisco G Santos O'Connor
  • Section III: Prevention and Management of Travel-Related Diseases. Skin Tropical Infections and Dermatology in Travellers / Francisco Vega-López, Sara Ritchie
  • Travellers' Diarrhoea / Charles D Ericsson
  • Vaccine-Preventable Disease / Jay Halbert, Phyllis Kozarsky, Jane Chiodini, Nicholas Zwar, Gary Brunette, Jane N Zuckerman
  • Returned Travellers / Nicholas J Beeching, Tom E Fletcher, Limin Wijaya
  • Section IV: Hazards of Air and Sea Travel. Aviation Medicine / Michael Bagshaw
  • Aviation Psychology / Robert Bor, Carina Eriksen, Margaret Oakes, Philip Baum
  • Expedition and Extreme Environmental Medicine / Sean Hudson, Andrew Luks, Piers Carter, Luanne Freer, Caroline Knox, Chris Imray, Lesley Thomson
  • Travel Health at Sea: Cruise Ship Medicine / Robert E Wheeler
  • Section V: Environmental Hazards of Travel. Travel-Related Injury / Robert Grenfell
  • International Assistance and Repatriation / Alex T Dewhurst, John C Goldstone
  • Venomous Bites and Stings / R David G Theakston, David G Lalloo
  • Ophthalmic Conditions in Travellers / Clare Davey, James Tee
  • Section VI: Practical Issues for Travellers. Travelling with Children (Including International Adoption Issues) / Philip R Fischer, Andrea P Summer
  • Women's Health and Travel / I Dale Carroll, Susan Anderson
  • The Immunocompromised Traveller / Robert J Ligthelm, Pieter-paul A M van Thiel
  • High-Risk Travellers / Kathryn N Suh, Anne E McCarthy, Maria D Mileno, Jay S Keystone
  • Aid Workers, Expatriates and Travel / Kenneth L Gamble, Deborah M Hawker, Ted Lankester, Jay S Keystone
  • The Health of Migrants and Refugees / Louis Loutan, Sophie Durieux-Paillard, Ariel Eytan
  • Visiting Friends and Relatives / Delane Shingadia
  • Travel Medicine, Ethics and Health Tourism / Deborah Bowman, Richard Dawood
  • Medico-Legal Issues in Travel Medicine / Jennifer G Baine, Paul S Auerbach
  • Travellers' Safety and Security / Peter A Leggat, Jeff Wilks
  • The International Athlete: Travelling Healthy to Global Sporting Events / Travis W Heggie, Sarah Borwein, Marc T M Shaw
  • Space Tourism
  • The Future in Travel Health? / Kevin J Fong, Mark H Wilson.