Understanding Global Health (LANGE Clinical Medicine) [Paperback]

William Markle (Author), Melanie Fisher (Author), Jr., Ray Smego (Author)

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Publication Date: July 25, 2007 | ISBN-10: 0071487840 | ISBN-13: 978-0071487849 | Edition: 1

The rapidly evolving world of global health and medicine -- in the palm of your hand

"The book's 17 multi-authored chapters cover contemporary global public health remarkably well....Overall, it is a superb introductory text for preclinical and public health novices in global health across a wide spectrum of health careers."--Family Medicine Journal

"This is a welcome addition to the expanding roster of books on global health. It is well written and provides appropriate background information required to initiate any study program in global health. 3 Stars."--Doody's Review Service

Understanding Global Health is the groundbreaking, go-to primer that puts global health and its many challenges into sharp focus like no other text. Written with the nonspecialist in mind, this powerful resource expertly reviews all the core topics that you must know in order to thrive in this decentralized new global health environment. It's all here: unique, authoritative coverage of public health concepts, plus insights into infectious diseases and clinical medicine-everything you need to truly comprehend how global medicine is dramatically affecting today's practice of medicine-and to prepare for your role in it.

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About the Author

William H. Markle, MD
Department of Family Medicine
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA

Melanie A. Fisher, MD, MSc
Department of Internal Medicine
R.C. Byrd Health Science Center
West Virginia Unversity School of Medicine
Morgantown, WV

Ray A. Smego, Jr., MD
Department of Internal Medicine
R.C. Byrd Health Science Center
West Virginia Unversity School of Medicine
Morgantown, WV

Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional; 1 edition (July 25, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071487840
• ISBN-13: 978-0071487849
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #636,153 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good course book, July 9, 2010

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This review is from: Understanding Global Health (LANGE Clinical Medicine) (Paperback)

I chose this book as a textbook for an undergraduate summer course on global and public health. The book is probably among the best available and I found it providing the level of information needed for a short course. The chapters are short enough to each be read in a couple of hours or so making them good homework assignments. The book covers the main areas of global health. Some chapters would have benefited from expansive discussion such as the environmental health chapter that focused on water quality and sanitation or infectious diseases chapter. Topics of tobacco or chronic diseases are not covered or missed from the book. But in all, this is a good book and written in an easy and understandalbe language even for the lay person and I would recommend it.