عنوان

Immigrant medicine /

0323034543

9780323034548

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Immigrant medicine /

[Book]

[edited by] Patricia Frye Walker, Elizabeth D. Barnett.

St. Louis, Mo. :

Saunders Elsevier,

2007.

xv, 765 p. :

col. ill. ;

25 cm. +

1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)

CD editor: Patricia Ohmans.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Section 1. Introduction to immigrant medicine. An introduction to the field of refugee and immigrant healthcare -- Compassion -- Health and well-being of immigrants -- Action steps to improve the health of new Americans -- Language assistance for limited English proficient patients -- Communicating with limited English proficient patients -- Multicultural medicine -- Cultural competence -- Section 2. Medical screenings and immunizations for new immigrants. Overseas medical screening for immigrants and refugees -- US medical screening for immigrants and refugees -- Immunizations for immigrants -- Section 3. Epidemiology of disease and disorders in immigrants. Differential diagnoses of ill immigrants by organ system -- Diseases by country of origin -- Disease by race/ethnicity -- Disease with long latency periods -- Emerging infectious diseases of immigrant patients -- Section 4. Major diseases and disorders in immigrants. Tuberculosis -- Intestinal parasites -- Eosinophilia -- Hepatitis B global epidemiology, diagnosis, and prevention -- Management of chronic hepatitis B -- Skin problems -- Section 5. Additional diseases and disorders in immigrants. Chagas' disease (American Trypanosomiasis) -- Taenia Solium and neurocysticercosis -- Echinococcosis -- Giardiasis -- Helicobacter Pylori -- Hepatitis C -- Hookworm infection -- Leishmaniasis -- Leprosy -- Loiasis -- Lumpahtic Filariasis -- Malaria -- Inchocerciasis -- Schistosomiasis -- Strongyloides -- Section 6. Chronic illness in immigrants. Preventive healthcare in children -- Preventive healthcare and management of chronic disease in adults -- Women's health issues -- Women's reproductive health -- Dental diseases and disorders -- Anemia and red blood cell disorders --

Section 7. School readiness and bilingual education -- Vocational considerations -- Health literacy -- Healthcare for migrant workers -- Visiting friends and relatives.

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System requirements for accompanying CD-ROM: Windows.

Immigrants-- Health and hygiene.

Cross-Cultural Comparison.

Delivery of Health Care.

Emigrants and Immigrants.

Emigration and Immigration.

Health Services Needs and Demand.

Refugees.

Transients and Migrants.

Barnett, Elizabeth D., (Elizabeth Day)

Ohmans, Patricia.

Walker, Patricia Frye.

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