Oxford Handbook of Tropical Medicine
- ISBN13: 9780199204090
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Product Description
Delivering the facts to your fingertips, the Oxford Handbook of Tropical Medicine provides an accessible and comprehensive, signs-and-symptoms-based source of information on medical problems commonly seen in the tropics. A handy guide which can fit in the coat pocket and be used easily at the bedside, it has been designed to be as practical as possible with illustrations of blood films and stool smears, which are useful for diagnosis, as well as clinical features, d… More >>
Oxford Handbook of Tropical Medicine
I think that this is an excellent, useful handbook. I am a psychiatrist and found the psychiatry section particularly helpful for a recent overseas trip.
Rating: 5 / 5
I stay part time in rural India and this book is awesome. It addresses issues that I had begun to believe I would never find solid information about. It also gives treatment options that keep Third World Medicine in mind. Very practical.
Rating: 5 / 5
I recently spent some time in a small, rural clinic in sub-saharan Africa, and this book was by far the most useful tool I had. This is not at all a book on disease theory or etiology – it is purely practical. Concisely, what to suspect, how to diagnosis, and how to treat (e.g., step-by-step instructions on how to Giemsa stain a blood smear). One feature I especially appreciated was how this book doesn’t make any assumptions about what diagnostic tools you have available; it explains how to best make decisions both with and without radiology, bacterial cultures, etc. The size of this book of course precludes certain information, the incorporation and discussion of WHO treatment guidelines is incredibly valuable.
Rating: 5 / 5
I recomend this book for any practicioner going on a mission trip to a tropical region. Unless one knows tropical diseases, you must have this book
It gives the nuts and bolts of tropical diseases, without all the un-necessary verbage that usually accompanies most text books
Rating: 5 / 5
I used this book on a medical humanitarian mission to Africa because I didn’t want to lug my huge textbooks around. It was the perfect size to fit in my carry on and fanny pack. The material was clear, concise, and up to date. I used it every day of my trip, and would recommend it to physicians or other health care professionals.
Rating: 5 / 5