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Principles and Practice of Travel Medicine
Jane N. Zuckerman (Edited by), JN Zuckerman (Author)
9781405197632, Wiley
Hardback, published 1 February 2013
680 pages
28.4 x 22.6 x 3.2 cm, 1.878 kg
Having reviewed the first edition in 2001, I welcome the opportunity to review this new one. The format is similar with the content delivered in six sections, but with more chapters in each and information expanded to include new developments and advances in the field. Expert contributors now number an impressive 80, lending a truly international perspective to the content. Travel to international sporting events and a favourite of mine – space tourism – are welcome and timely additions. Although travel abroad for healthcare is not new, the global economic downturn has created a boom in so-called health tourism. The discussion on the reasons, benefits and pitfalls is well covered including the ethical perspective and dilemmas practitioners may face– with case studies to give food for thought. In the preface, the editor asks: “Where have we been, where are we now and where are we going?” - a good indication of what we can expect to find in the book. The majority of people who travel are ‘well’ and the art of practising travel medicine lies mainly in keeping them that way. However, it is becoming more complex for travel health advisers as increasingly those with pre-existing medical conditions are travelling to destinations which may pose a risk to their condition or where the lack of healthcare resources put them at risk if a medical problem arises and they need care. The management of these high risk travellers is covered in Chapter 27 and includes both general and disease specific advice. Good emphasis is given to the fact that there is no age limit for travelling and no one size fits all scenarios. Individuals deserve the best advice for their trip and the list of additional resources for specific reference is most useful. Once again case histories throughout the text helpto illuminate the subjects. Chapter Six looks at the epidemiology and surveillance of travel-related disease and emphasises the benefits of international collaboration in detecting infectious diseases and sharing the information to alert and protect other travellers. Malaria prevention and treatment information is welcome. Chapter 11 (‘The Interconnecting World’) looks at transport, migrants, and emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases, and also considers the role of mobile populations and mass gatherings in this. Numerous excellent tables relating to the importance of travel health support the information. I loved the quote at the beginning, credited to Harvey Cushing: “A physician is obligated toconsider more than a diseased organ, more even than the whole man – he must view the man in his world.” Never was a truer word spoken. I recommend this textbook as a valuable resource for study and reference, and it will be a welcome addition to any library supporting education in travel medicine. (Sandra Grieve FFTM RCPS(Glasg), Emporiatrics Autumn/Winter 2013)
Principles and Practice of Travel Medicine 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 the field, including the development of new and combined vaccines; malaria prophylaxis; emerging new infections; new hazards resulting from travel to long haul destinations; health tourism; and population movements. The chapter on vaccine-preventable diseases includes new developments in licensed vaccines, as well as continent-based recommendations for their administration. There are chapters on the travel health management of high risk travellers, including the diabetic traveller, the immunocompromised, those with cardiovascular, renal, neurological, gastrointestinal, malignant and other disorders, psychological and psychiatric illnesses, pregnant women, children and the elderly. With increasing numbers of ever more adventurous travellers, there is discussion of travel medicine within extreme environments, whilst the chapter on space tourism may well be considered the future in travel medicine. Principles and Practice of Travel Medicine is an invaluable resource for health care professionals providing advice and clinical care to the traveller. Titles of related interest Atlas of Human Infectious Diseases Heiman F.L. Wertheim, Peter Horby & John P. Woodall 9781405184403 (2012) Infectious Diseases: A Geographic Guide Eskild Petersen, Lin H. Chen & Patricia Schlagenhauf 9780470655290 (2011) Tropical Diseases in Travelers Eli Schwartz 9781405184410 (2009) For more information on all our resources in Infectious Diseases, please visit www.wiley.com/go/infectiousdiseases
Contributor list, vii Preface, xii Section I Travel medicine 1 Trends in travel, 3 2 Tourism, aviation and the impact on travel medicine, 9 3 Epidemiology of health risks and travel, 19 4 Fitness to travel, 27 5 Management of a travel clinic, 37 Section II Infectious diseases and travel 6 Epidemiology and surveillance of travel-related diseases, 47 7 Virus infections in travellers, 55 8 Bacterial infections in travellers, 99 9 Vector-borne parasitic diseases, 112 10 Malaria and travellers, 126 Malaria chemoprophylaxis, 133 The strategy of standby emergency self-treatment, 143 11 Emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases, 146 Section III Prevention and management of travel-related diseases 12 Skin tropical infections and dermatology in travellers, 167 13 Travellers’ diarrhoea, 197 14 Vaccine-preventable disease, 209 15 Returned travellers, 260 Section IV Hazards of air and sea travel 16 Aviation medicine, 289 17 Aviation psychology, 315 18 Expedition and extreme environmental medicine, 328 19 Travel health at sea: cruise ship medicine, 380 Section V Environmental hazards of travel 20 Travel-related injury, 397 21 International assistance and repatriation, 403 22 Venomous bites and stings, 415 23 Ophthalmic conditions in travellers, 434 Section VI Practical issues for travellers 24 Travelling with children (including international adoption issues), 447 25 Women’s health and travel, 463 26 The immunocompromised traveller, 503 27 High-risk travellers, 515 28 Aid workers, expatriates and travel, 531 29 The health of migrants and refugees, 556 30 Visiting friends and relatives, 566 31 Travel medicine, ethics and health tourism, 571 32 Medico-legal issues in travel medicine, 579 33 Travellers’ safety and security, 588 34 The international athlete: travelling healthy to global sporting events, 601 35 Space tourism – the future in travel health?, 612 Index, 623
Thomas L. Treadwell
Anne Graham
Hans D. Nothdurft and Eric Caumes
Dominique Tessier
Abinash Virk and Elaine C. Jong
Tomas Jelinek
Arie J. Zuckerman
Ann L.N. Chapman and Christopher J. Ellis
Emma C. Wall and Peter L. Chiodini
Malaria, 126
David J. Bell and David G. Lalloo
Patricia Schlagenhauf, Catherine Jeppesen, Laura K. Erdman, Melanie Newport, and Kevin C. Kain
Patricia Schlagenhauf
Francisco G. Santos O’Connor
Francisco Vega-López and Sara Ritchie
Charles D. Ericsson
Jay Halbert, Phyllis Kozarsky, Jane Chiodini, Nicholas Zwar, Gary Brunette and Jane N. Zuckerman
Nicholas J. Beeching, Tom E. Fletcher and Limin Wijaya
Michael Bagshaw
Robert Bor, Carina Eriksen, Margaret Oakes and Philip Baum
Sean Hudson, Andrew Luks, Piers Carter, Luanne Freer, Caroline Knox, Chris Imray and Lesley Thomson
Robert E. Wheeler
Robert Grenfell
Alex T. Dewhurst and John C. Goldstone
R. David G. Theakston and David G. Lalloo
Clare Davey and James Tee
Philip R. Fischer and Andrea P. Summer
I. Dale Carroll and Susan Anderson
Robert J. Ligthelm and Pieter-Paul A.M. van Thiel
Kathryn N. Suh, Anne E. McCarthy, Maria D. Mileno and Jay S. Keystone
Kenneth L. Gamble, Deborah M. Hawker, Ted Lankester and Jay S. Keystone
Louis Loutan, Sophie Durieux-Paillard and Ariel Eytan
Delane Shingadia
Deborah Bowman and Richard Dawood
Jennifer G. Baine and Paul S. Auerbach
Peter A. Leggat and Jeff Wilks
Travis W. Heggie, Sarah Borwein and Marc T.M. Shaw
Kevin J. Fong and Mark H. Wilson
Subject Areas: Medicine: general issues [MB]
