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Little Black Book of International Medicine

Author(s): William A. Alto, MD, MPH, Professor of Community and Family Health, Maine Dartmouth Family Practice, Fairfield, Maine
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  • ISBN-13: 9780763754518
  • Paperback    567 pages      © 2009
Price: International Sales $61.95 US List
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Overview

Each year, thousands of US physicians, nurses, and other healthcare workers volunteer or are called on to practice medicine in a foreign country. The Little Black Book of International Medicine provides comprehensive, concise and evidence-based information to setting up a medical clinic and treating patients outside the US, especially in developing countries. This pocket-sized handbook is a convenient resource offering immediate access to vital information and makes a great reference for solving pressing problems in the field.

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Chapter  1  Getting Started
Chapter  2  Preparations
Chapter  3  Acculturation
Chapter  4  Health Promotion in Developing Countries
Chapter  5  Public Health
Chapter  6  Pharmacology
Chapter  7  Laboratory
Chapter  8  Imaging
Chapter  9  Making a Diagosis
Chapter  10  Malaria
Chapter  11  Leprosy
Chapter  12  Tuberculosis
Chapter  13  Sexually Transmitted Infections
Chapter  14  HIV/AIDS
Chapter  15  Diarrhea
Chapter  16  Parasites
Chapter  17  Bacterial Infections
Chapter  18  Insect Borne Diseases and Hemorrhagic Fevers
Chapter  19  Typhoid
Chapter  20  Viral Exanthems
Chapter  21  Cardiovascular Disease
Chapter  22  Endrocrinology
Chapter  23  Gastrointestinal Disease
Chapter  24  Renal Disease
Chapter  25  Neurology
Chapter  26  Hematology
Chapter  27  Oncology
Chapter  28  Dermatology
Chapter  29  Ears, Nose, Throat
Chapter  30  Psychiatry
Chapter  31  Things That Bite and Sting
Chapter  32  High Altitude Diseases
Chapter  33  Nutritional Diseases
Chapter  34  Pediatrics
Chapter  35  Gynecology
Chapter  36  Gynecology
Chapter  37  Surgery
Chapter  38  Urology
Chapter  39  Orthopedics
Chapter  40  Ophthalmology
Chapter  41  Dental
Chapter  42  Anesthesia
Chapter  43  Geographic Distribution of Diseases
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William A. Alto, MD, MPH-Professor of Community and Family Health, Maine Dartmouth Family Practice, Fairfield, Maine

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