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Screening for good health : the Australian gudie to health screening and immunisation / Martin Bray [and four others].

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Bray, Martin, author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Medical screening.
Diagnostic services.
Preventive health services.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (536 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Carlton, Victoria, Australia : Melbourne University Press, 2009.
Summary:
A work on preventative health options in Australia. It explains how screening works in Australia and outlines the tests. It features an alphabetised listing of illnesses that describes their causes, symptoms, progression, risk factors and treatments.
Contents:
Intro
Title
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Emergency First Aid: Resuscitation, Heart Attack, Allergic Reaction, Stroke, Snake and Spider Bites
Part 1 Screening and Prevention
Why Screen? When Is Screening Good Practice?
Costs versus Benefits
Defining Normal and Abnormal
Family History
Genetic Inheritance
Genetic Testing
Screening and the Law
The Delivery and Affordability of Disease Prevention Services in Australia
Minimising Out-of-Pocket Costs
Your Immune System
How Does Vaccination Work? Why Do Some People Avoid It?
The Prevalence of Vaccine Preventable Diseases in Australia
The Australian Vaccination Program
Cancers-An Overview
Australian Cancer Statistics
Part 2 Life Stages
Age Group Recommendations for Health Screening and Immunisation
Pregnancy
Early Childhood
Young Adult
Middle Life
Older Age
Record Keeping
Part 3 Alphabetical Listing
Alzheimer's Disease
Antenatal and Postnatal Depression
(Abdominal) Aortic Aneurysm
Australian Bat Lyssavirus Infection
Bird Flu (Avian Influenza)
Bowel Cancer
Breast Cancer
Cardiovascular (Heart) Disease
Cervical Cancer
Chickenpox (Varicella)
Chlamydia
Cholesterol
Dental Health
Diabetes
Diphtheria
Foetal Abnormality
Glaucoma Vision Loss
Growth-Children
Haemochromatosis (Iron Storage Disease)
Helicobacter Pylori and Stomach Cancer
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis B Screening
Hepatitis C Virus (HCV)
Hib
HIV
Hypertension (elevated blood pressure)
Influenza
Kidney Disease
Lung Cancer
Macular Degeneration (Vision Loss)
Measles
Meningococcal Disease
Mesothelioma
Mumps
Newborn Babies-Deafness
The Newborn Physical Examination
The Newborn Screening Test
Osteoporosis
Ovarian Cancer.
Parkinson's Disease
Pertussis (Whooping Cough)
Pneumococcal Disease
Poliomyelitis
Preschool Children: Development, Vision and Hearing
Prostate Cancer
Q Fever
Rhesus Negative Blood Group Screening
Rotavirus
Rubella
Rubella Immunity Screening
Sex Hormone Levels
Skin Cancer
Sudden Cardiac Death in Young Adults
Syphilis Screening
Testicular Cancer
Tetanus
Tuberculosis
Vitamin D Deficiency
Part 4 Travel
Travel Preparation
Traveller Risk Reduction Practices
The Complete Travel Health Checklist
Malaria Travel Medication
Cholera Travel Vaccination
Hepatitis A Travel Vaccination
Japanese Encephalitis Travel Vaccination
Plague Travel Vaccination
Rabies Travel Vaccination
Tick-Borne Encephalitis Travel Vaccination
Meningococcal Disease Travel Vaccination
Tuberculosis Travel Vaccination
Typhoid Travel Vaccination
Yellow Fever Travel Vaccination
Index
copyright.
Notes:
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
0-522-85933-X

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