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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Walker, Patricia Frye.

Barnett, Elizabeth D. (Elizabeth Day)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Immigrants--Health and hygiene.

Immigrants.

Emigrants and Immigrants.

Delivery of Health Care.

Emigration and Immigration.

Refugees.

Transients and Migrants.

Health Services Needs and Demand.

Cross-Cultural Comparison.

Medical Subjects:

Emigrants and Immigrants.

Delivery of Health Care.

Emigration and Immigration.

Refugees.

Transients and Migrants.

Health Services Needs and Demand.

Cross-Cultural Comparison.

Physical Description:

xv, 765 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 25 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, PA : Saunders Elsevier, 2007.

System Details:

System requirements for accompanying CD-ROM, Windows: Windows 2000 or higher, 1.4 Ghz processor, 128 MB RAM, 4x CD-ROM drive, VGA monitor supporting 800 x 600 at millions of colors.

System requirements for accompanying CD-ROM, Macintosh: Apple G4 Macintosh, Mac OS 9.1 or later, 128 MB RAM, 4x CD-ROM drive, VGA monitor supporting 800 x 600 at millions of colors.

Summary:

Accompanying CD-ROM contains ... "patient guides and screening questionnaires in multiple languages ... "--P. [4] of cover.

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: legal issues

Communicating with limited English proficient patients: interpreter services

Multicultural medicine

Cultural competence: a patient-based approach to caring for immigrants

Cultural competence: healthcare disparities and political issues

Section 2: Medical screenings and immunizations for new immigrants. Overseas medical screening for immigrants and refugees

US medical screening for immigrants and refugees: public health issues

US medical screening for immigrants and refugees: clinical issues

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

Diseases 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

HIV infection

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

Onchocerciasis

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: a hidden population

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

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0323034543

9780323034548

OCLC:

184821571