Immigrant medicine. (2007)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: [edited by] Patricia Frye Walker, Elizabeth D. Barnett.
• Other Names: Walker, Patricia Frye; Barnett, Elizabeth D (Elizabeth Day)
• Contents: 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. Mental health and illness in immigrants. Epidemiology and risk factors -- Screening for mental health problems and history of torture -- Diagnosis and treatment of mental illness -- Survivors of torture -- Interpersonal violence towards women -- Children and adolescents -- Religion and spirituality in the lives of immigrants in the United States -- Section 8. Special issues in immigrant medicine. School readiness and bilingual education -- Vocational considerations -- Health literacy -- Healthcare for migrant workers -- Visiting friends and relatives.
• Publisher Details: St. Louis, Mo : Saunders Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2007
• Extent: 1 online resource (xv, 765 pages), color illustrations
• Subjects: 616.0086910941; Immigrants -- Health and hygiene; Delivery of Health Care; Emigration and Immigration; Cross-Cultural Comparison; Health Services Needs and Demand; Refugees; Transients and Migrants; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General; MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine; MEDICAL -- Diseases; MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine; MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine; Immigrants -- Health and hygiene; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780323070577; 0323070574
• Related ISBNs: 9780323034548; 0323034543
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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