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1 online resource : illustrations |
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Part I: Evolution and Development of Missions -- Medical Missions: A Short History from There to Here -- The Evolution of Surgical Humanitarian Missions -- The Global Burden of Surgical Need -- Anesthesia Disparities Between High-Income Countries and Low- and Middle-Income Countries : Providers, Training, Equipment, and Techniques -- Planning a Mission, Fundraising, and Building a Team -- Developing Anesthetic Equipment for Low-Resource Environments -- Materials Management and Pollution Prevention -- What do Patients and Communities Expect of a Medical Mission? -- Anesthesia in Resource-Poor Settings : The Médecins sans Frontières Experience -- Quality of Care: Maintaining Safety Through Minimum Standards -- Legal and Ethical Issues in Global Health : A Trip through the Vagaries of Truth and Culture -- Part II: Specific Case-Related Implementation -- Strategies for Patient Assessment and Scheduling -- Postoperative Follow-up and Quality Maintenance -- Women's Rights to Pain Relief after Surgery and Labor Analgesia -- Saving Sight In Developing Countries -- Cardiothoracic Anesthesia and Intensive Care : What is the Role of Missions? -- Anesthesia Considerations for Facial Deformity Repair in Lesser Developed Countries -- A Regional Anesthesiology Service in a Resource-Limited International Setting : Rwanda -- Management of Pain in Less Developed Countries -- Living the Mission in Serbia and Other Less Affluent Worlds -- Anesthetic Management During the Lebanese Civil War -- Trauma, War, And Managing Vascular And Orthopedic Injuries -- Anesthesiologists' Role in Disaster Management -- Part III: Education at Home and Abroad -- Surgical Mission Trips as a Component of Medical Education and the Residency Training -- Building a Global Health Education Program in an Urban School of Medicine -- Closing the Gap in Europe Through Education : A Reverse Mission -- The Role of the Visiting Anesthesiologist in In-Country Education -- Letters from Around the World -- The Future of Anesthesiology and Global Health in a Connected World |
| Summary |
ĹℓThis brilliantly assembled expert compendium provides a much-needed guide for the practical application of anesthesiology in medical practice in the most bereft underdeveloped and violence-afflicted regions of the globe.ℓ́ℓ ℓ́ℓSeymour Topping, Professor Emeritus of International Journalism, Columbia University ℗ℓ This is a comprehensive guide to the role of anesthesiologists in medical missions. In their capacity as perioperative physicians, anesthesiologists improve the safety and efficacy of surgical interventions for underserved patients in low- and middle-income countries around the world. Contributions from international experts in global health provide essential historical context, practical medical and surgical considerations for planning missions, and scenarios of ℓ́ℓon the groundℓ́ℓ implementation of care. The final section considers anesthesiology education in the context of global health. This is an encompassing and eye-opening resource for trainees and physicians considering participating in a medical mission and students and faculty of global health |
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tropische geneeskunde |
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tropical medicine |
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geneeskunde |
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medicine |
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volksgezondheid |
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public health |
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anesthesie |
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anaesthesia |
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Medicine (General) |
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Geneeskunde (algemeen) |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-416) and index |
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English |
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Vendor-supplied metadata |
| In |
Springer eBooks |
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Anesthesiology.
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World health.
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Missions, Medical.
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Internal medicine.
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Anesthesiology
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Global Health
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Medical Missions
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Internal Medicine
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MEDICAL -- Surgery -- General.
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Anesthesiology
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Internal medicine
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Missions, Medical
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World health
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Roth, Ram, editor
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Frost, Elizabeth A. M., editor.
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Gevirtz, Clifford, editor
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Atcheson, Carrie L. H., editor
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| ISBN |
9783319094236 |
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3319094238 |
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