Medical Care of Refugees

by Sandler, Richard H.; Jones, Thomas C.

• ISBN13: 9780195041811
• ISBN10: 019504181X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1987-09-17
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This book is designed to be a training guide for Western physicians and nurses going to work in developing countries, especially those preparing to care for refugees. It will serve as a practical handbook for those working in refugee clinics and hospitals, and a summary of critical issues for those who make decisions concerning refugee care. The contributors combine a broad, accurate information base with a clear focus on the practical challenges of refugee care, emphasizing the three main causes of morbidity and mortality in refugee camps: diarrheal disease, infectious disease, and malnutrition. The book will be of enormous value to all those providing health care under difficult conditions with limited resources.

Table of Contents

Basic Considerations

Basic Considerations in Refugee Medicine

Epidemiology and Health Planning

Environmental Health and Sanitation

Training Refugees to be Health Workers

Immunizations for Health Workers

Immunizations for Refugees

Family Planning

Special Challenges in Nursing Care for Refugees

Setting the Level of Health Care in a Refugee Camp, and Coordinating the Services of International Agencies

Economic and Political Considerations

Essentials of Rapid Cultural Adaptation for Health Workers

Specialty Considerations in Patient Care

Tropical Pediatrics

Prevention of Malnutrition, and Feeding of Large Populations

Detection and Treatment of Severe Malnutrition in Individual Patients

Fluid and Electrolyte Therapy

Surgical Approaches in Refugee Health Care

Gynecology, Maternal Health, and Essential Obstetrics

Ophthalmologic Diseases Among Refugees

Dental Care

Psychiatric Care for Refugees

Rehabilitation Medicine in Refugee Camps

Diagnosis and Management of Infectious Dieases

Approach to Infectious Diseases in Refugee Camps

Antibiotic Drug Choice and Usage

Systemic Febrile Illnesses

Malaria

Dengue Fever and Rickettsial Diseases

Measles

Skin and Soft Tissue Infections

Leprosy

Meningitis and Polio

Tetanus

Respiratory Tract and Ear Infections

Tuberculosis

Intestinal Illness

Common Intestinal Parasites

Urinary Tract Infections

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Appendices

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