Oxford Handbook of Tropical Medicine (Oxford Medical Publications) [Paperback]

Michael Eddleston (Author), Stephen Pierini (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0192627724 | ISBN-13: 978-0192627728 | Publication Date: July 8, 1999

A new addition to the Oxford Handbook series, the Oxford Handbook of Tropical Medicine provides clear and concise coverage of this area of medicine for students and practitioners in the tropics. Much of the text has been based on WHO recommended guidelines and reviewed by WHO physicians. Management regimens are based on cheap effective drugs taken from the WHO's Essential Drug List.

Editorial Reviews

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The information given is in a concise format, with consistent presentation that helps the readers build up their knowledge in tropical medicine... this handbook is a good source of information and its cost is not prohibitive. Dr Georg Kassianos, Travel Wise A strong point of the handbook is its range of practical protocols developed by the World Health Organization. These allow a structured approach to patient care and can be adapted to national policies and local conditions, used for easy reference, and disseminated appropriately. John Hartley, University College London Hospital, on eBMJ The handbook delivers the facts to your fingertips... if I had 425g of luggage allowance to spare... I would throw it in my rucksack! Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

About the Author

Dr Michael Eddleston, Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellow, Centre for Tropical Medicine, University of Oxford, UK Dr Stephen Pierini, GP, Gloucestershire, UK; Volunteer Doctor for Indigenous Tribes of the Xingu Reserve, Brazil Dr Robert Wilkinson, Wellcome Advanced Fellow in Clinical Science, Imperial College, London, UK; Member, Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, South Africa Dr Robert Davidson, Consultant Physician and Honorary Senior Lecturer, Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Northwick Park Hospital, London, UK --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 672 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (July 8, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0192627724
• ISBN-13: 978-0192627728
• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 3.9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,201,882 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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56 of 56 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An indispensable resource for tropical diseases, September 26, 2001

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William Long, M.D. (Canal Winchester, OH United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Oxford Handbook of Tropical Medicine (Oxford Medical Publications) (Paperback)

I purchased this book prior to travelling on a medical mission trip to Malawi, Africa. It was extremely valuable, particularly for dealing with tuberculosis, malaria, and the complicated issues of malnutrition. The classification of diarrheal illnesses was superb. While I am a pediatrician here in the U.S., I was called upon to care for adults in Malawi, and this book was extremely helpful to jog my memory and assist me in the care of all of the people. One of the book's main assets is the size, which easily fits into a white-coat pocket or backpack. It much more practical than the traditional and cumbersome texts on tropical medicine. My partner borrowed the book for a trip to Cambodia and also found it to be useful. This book in combination with the Sanford Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy is all the printed resource one will need when travelling to a tropical country to practice medicine.

48 of 49 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential luggage for the wandering doc., June 23, 2000

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Annette Lopes (Georgetown, Guyana) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Oxford Handbook of Tropical Medicine (Oxford Medical Publications) (Paperback)

This book probably contains the most information on tropical medicine that any non-specialist is ever likely to be able to carry in any form, written, electronic or memorised. It's small enough to slip into the jeans pocket, rugged enough to survive the tropical storm and practical enough to make you treat typhoid safely and effectively with no prior experience. One particular advantage is that, unlike other and larger books on "tropical medicine", it is intended for those who actually happen to work there, rather than for courses conducted in First world countries. That means that it is not simply an endless review of increasing rare eponymous parasitoses that dwells long and lovingly on their appearances on CT and MRI, while being correspondingly vague on their actual treatment. Rather it is a strictly practical manual of the diseases which happen to be endemic in most tropical countries and the management options that are likely to be available in relatively poor countries. As a result, it really functions as the tropical equivalent of its older brother, the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine - every junior doctor's best friend. The mark of Collier and Longmore is apparent not just in the familiar format, but also in the terse, clear (but never merely dogmatic) recommendations for management and also is the gentle good humour with which they are delivered. Admittedly, that strength can also be a weakness. Substantial chunks of the book appear to have been largely lifted from the last edition of big brother. And, perhaps as a result, some of the treatment recommendations seem a year or two out of date, especially in fast-changing fields such as the management of heart failure. Nevertheless, no doctor should venture south of Dover (or Miami) without this book tucked firmly and comfortingly into the back pocket of her jeans.

40 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars TROPICAL MEDICINE, August 31, 2000

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MARK S. ABEL (ROCKY MOUNT,NC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Oxford Handbook of Tropical Medicine (Oxford Medical Publications) (Paperback)

I FOUND THIS BOOK TO BE AN EXCELLENT RESOURCE DURING A MONTH LONG STINT IN A MISSION HOSPITAL IN TOGO, WEST AFRICA. THIS BOOK IS CONCISE AND WELL ORGANIZED AND THOROUGH. IT IS EASY TO USE AND SMALL ENOUGH TO CARRY IN YOUR POCKET. FOR THOSE WHO ARE WELL VERSED IN WESTERN MEDICINE BUT INEXPERIENCED IN TROPICAL MEDICINE, THIS IS AN INVALUABLE RESOURSE THAT WILL MAKE YOUR NEW EXPERIENCE MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE. THIS BOOK WILL ANSWER ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT TROPICAL MEDICINE IN A CONCISE MANNER AND SUGGEST A PLAIN, EASY TO FOLLOW TREATMENT PLAN. I LEFT MY COPY ON THE MISSION FIELD FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE WHO WILL FOLLOW ME, BUT WHEN I RETURN I WILL BE SURE TO HAVE ANOTHER COPY FOR MYSELF. MARK S. ABEL, MD