Best Tropical Medicine
John E. Bennett and Raphael Dolin along with new editorial team member Dr. Martin Blaser have meticulously updated this latest edition to save you time and to ensure you have the latest clinical and scientific knowledge at your fingertips. Put the latest knowledge to work in your practice with new or completely revised chapters on influenza (new pandemic strains); new Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) virus; probiotics; antibiotics for resistant bacteria; antifungal drugs; new antivirals for hepatitis B and C; Clostridium difficile treatment; sepsis; advances in HIV prevention and treatment; viral gastroenteritis; Lyme disease; Helicobacter pylori; malaria; infections in immunocompromised hosts; immunization (new vaccines and new recommendations); and microbiome. "This is what an in depth textbook should be, a superb and vast, yet highly readable review of its topic... without doubt this will appeal to a global audience whose primary interest is the clinical aspects of infectious diseases."
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Find Best Price at Amazon"The book is great and have new chapters but I have received only 1 volume."
"The gold standard reference book for all infectious disease doctors."
"This is the gold standard, or the Bible of infectious disease books."
"The books arrived in very good used quality, and much more quickly than expected."
"This is the best text book of ID and best reference for any ID physician."
"everything arrived fine as expected."
"Awesome book!"
Logically organized, simple-to-understand enhanced illustrations and an increased focus on new topics mean this medical reference book may literally save your life . Stay abreast of the latest in emergency medicine care, including new antibiotics, medicines, products to control bleeding, and today's most common infectious disease threats. Enhance your understanding of Lyme disease; water disinfection; emerging diseases (including West Nile Virus); and how to seek safety and act during natural disasters. He is the Editor of Wilderness Medicine, and author of Medicine for the Outdoors and Field Guide to Wilderness Medicine.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"As a retired National Park Service ranger and EMT, I’ve been involved in remote rescues with life threatening injuries."
"My niece had been asking about what she might need to prep for her John Muir trek and was astonished at all that could go wrong and how to address the health issues she might encounter."
"Quick source of information!"
"Packaged well, arrived quickly -- thank you!"
"Some of the more detailed aspects of the book include allergic reactions, emergency childbirth, amputation crisis, head injuries, infectious diseases, respiratory and inner organ disorders, tornado, hurricane, flood and other natural disaster emergencies, hazardous aquatic life, wild plants & animals, water purification and much much more. This is definitely an essential source for survival and staying healthy in the outdoors; wherever your travels will take you this book has something you can benefit from!"
"This is a hospital in a book."
"without question the finest first aid,emergency med book ever.required for every person going off the main road of outdoor experience."
"I find that it provides a good balance between things that you can attempt on your own and when you should head to the emergency room right away."
Serving without pay in a mission hospital, she pondered the intersection of faith and medicine in her quest to help make the world "well." Sarah Thebarge ponders the intersection of faith and medicine in this insightful narrative of her medical mission trip to Togo, West Africa. On a planet loaded with pain, death and poverty, Sarah's words are a gentle reminder that each of us is called to participate in the healing of our world as we seek to follow Jesus." "With a style and voice that is powerful, eloquent, and sincere, Sarah Thebarge takes us on a journey of faith through her own physical struggles as well as those experienced while working in a hospital in Togo, West Africa. Many books attempt to provide answers, but few do it in such a profound way-while walking us through the honest deep questions that arise from the messiness of life and the mystery of God. WELL is an important book that will stand the test of time and it will profoundly shape and inform your understanding of Christian spirituality and the love of God. "With a faith shaped through service and sharpened by real experience, Sarah Thebarge responds from the depths of her heart with the question we should have been asking all along: not, 'why does God allow suffering?,' but 'Why do we?'. Sarah's piercing, loving insights in this book, told through the stories of her medical service in West Africa, will grow your faith, improve the questions you ask, and help you on your journey to find better answers. "― Michael Wear, author of Reclaiming Hope: Lessons Learned in the Obama White House About the Future of Faith in America. "In a brilliant story perfectly capturing the heart of Divine Love, Sarah Thebarge gently proves we are never too far for rescue, never too broken for wholeness, and never too sick to be made well. Courageous, vulnerable and uplifting, you will be equally enchanted by Sarah's daring and her writing as she reveals the faces of people God loves and Christians often forget.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Her reactions to the constant death of patients because of so many factors--lack of equipment or medicines, delays in patients turning to the hospital after exhausting various kinds of "healing" in their own villages--are open and honest, and often heart-breaking. Well provides insight into a world that most of us in the western world never see, where even dedicated volunteer workers get malaria, have to deal with lack of water (especially serious in a hospital where sanitation is critical), and deal with a never seen in the west level of mortality among patients. Yes, she bought some soccer balls for some of the kids (and recounts being castigated for this violation of "regulations") but did she ever reach out to the families of those children, seek any further interaction?"
"The book focuses on the actual work of providing medicine and on the feelings of serving people who die too often and too young and who don't have access to the medical care available in the United States (which Thebarge seems to accept as that's how it is, rather than study or lobby for how to change other than the general idea that if we all did something, then we could make the world better). Readers will learn about the types of diseases that are common to the Togolese people (examples of malaria and typhoid), the culture and religion of the Togolese, some about the community, and the logistics and limitations of what services can (and can't) be provided in the Hospital of Hope (as a developing world hospital that faces challenges like heat, insects, fistfights amongst patients waiting to be seen, etc.). Although Thebarge might argue that her showing her despair is her showing herself as weak, her ability to rebound in this book may almost present her as too perfect and good. This is largely not a critical book, although Thebarge does ask the reader to consider what luxuries Americans enjoy while others in the world die from preventable diseases. The Togolese people are treated with respect, both as patients and in the book; their cultural traditions that negatively affect their health (from U.S. perspectives) are examined without criticism other than just saying at times that perhaps more could be done for patient ___ if they had come straight to the Hospital, as the treatments based upon fetishers, marabouts, and herbalists are not true medicine (and sometimes actually cause harm). Thebarge discusses how she feels like she is also suffering during a severe water shortage and how she feels one with the Togolese during that time (without really examining how Thebarge gets to eventually choose to leave that situation, while the Togolese are very poor and do not have that option). As this is largely not a book with criticism, this is also largely not a book with facts or stats. Early on, in the book I was concerned that Thebarge seemed too shocked and perhaps even naive about what it would be like to show up in a developing world, spending too much time on things like the internet not working or the outdatedness of the tv (although Thebarge does not sound spoiled, but it was more naive than I expected from someone who studied Journalism and always wanted to serve the developing world), but I was relieved that Thebarge seemed to get her groove going and actually showed appreciation and an interest in having involvement with the community. I read this book more for the conditions of the Togolese than for the Christian aspects, and was able to learn from the book and thus, this book was largely successful for me. Religion, however, is pervasive throughout the book, including references to religious stories and to sayings and is certainly a critical component to how Thebarge thinks about her work and her patients. Thus, readers who do not enjoy such may choose to pass on this book or to skip these sections (which I would think is doable, based upon how the book is written, as much of the story of medical care will still be there for consuming). A cynical voice might even ask something like "If Thebarge only spent three months in Togo, how many months did she spend writing about it and then promoting her book?"
Best Communicable Diseases
The Hot Zone tells this dramatic story, giving a hair-raising account of the appearance of rare and lethal viruses and their "crashes" into the human race. Preston's account of an outbreak of a strain of the Ebola virus among monkeys in a Virginia laboratory has spent more than 30 weeks on PW's bestseller list.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I'm writing this review now because, 1- the current (July 2014) outbreak of Ebola is "the deadliest in recorded history," and 2- I've NEVER forgotten the book. The thing that is so terrifying is the way the poor people who contract the disease die."
"I learned a lot about the virus. After reading this book, im able to read between the headlines of what is being said and more importantly, what's NOT being said. Medical researchers working with the virus give share their information."
"I bought this book in its hard-cover version when it first came out, quite a few years ago, and what with the recent Ebola crisis in Africa and now in the news here in the U.S., I wanted to re-read it. I am dismayed that the CDC is still "learning" how to contain this disease, when the knowledge has been in use by the U.S. Army, and various charitable organizations in Africa for many years."
"A scary, eye opening book about Ebola. He describes in detail the Ebola Reston outbreak in Maryland."
"A must read for anyone who wants the scientific truth about this disease, how it can be spread & how easily & quickly it can mutate."
"Although twenty years old, the information is timely and so. pertinent for our age when Ebola is devastating Africa and may be advancing thought the world."
"Because you will be terrified every time you have a tiny headache. Because you will want strangers to stay far away from you, especially if they are breathing. Because you will realise that your government, our government, the government will probably be unable to stop a proper Ebola virus. Because you will forgive the sometimes over detailed writing because you are completely absorbed in the horror. Because this is not fiction, this is real, this is here, this is now. And this is a gripping, interesting, well put together, well researched non-fiction book that reads like an adventure, a horror and a thriller all at once. Viruses are clever little buggers and best we be afraid."
Best Parasitology
“Engrossing … [An] expedition through the hidden and sometimes horrifying microbial domain.” — Wall Street Journal “Fascinating—and full of the kind of factoids you can't wait to share.” — Scientific American Parasites can live only inside another animal and, as Kathleen McAuliffe reveals, these tiny organisms have many evolutionary motives for manipulating the behavior of their hosts. The horror and revulsion we are programmed to feel when we come in contact with people who appear diseased or dirty helped pave the way for civilization, but may also be the basis for major divisions in societies that persist to this day. "- BookForum “A fascinating account of an extraordinary suite of biological phenomena, only recently come to light and proving that given enough time and enough evolving species to work with, natural selection can accomplish almost anything.”. - Edward O. Wilson , Professor Emeritus, Harvard University, author of Consilience . In company with the best science writers, she shows us that reality can be way more interesting than fiction.”. - Valerie Curtis , Director of the Environmental Health Group of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and author of Don’t Look, Don’t Touch, Don’t Eat “Be prepared to throw away all your preconceptions about the order of life.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"McAuliffe’s article on toxoplasmosis in the 2012 Atlantic “How Your Cat is Making You Crazy” is probably the reason for the word parasites in the title, but the subtitle, “How Tiny Creatures Manipulate Our Behavior and Shape Society,” is a more accurate portrayal of the topic of this excellent book. Here’s an overview of the chapters: 1 – The beginning of the study of parasites and microbs effecting the behavior of animals and humans. 5 – Rabies; toxocara (roundworms), and other parasites that effect “our essential sense of self – our moods, appetites, behaviors, and reasoning abilities.”. 6 – Gut microbiota. 8 – Behavioral immunity – things animals and humans instinctively do to heal our wounds and protect us from parasites. This book offers a lot to think about with far reaching impacts on our personal health and the state of the world."
"How about Hillary Clinton's extended bathroom break during a Democratic primary debate? Do you wonder about whether you have the larger anterior insula relative to total brain size? Remember the following tips: (1) eat vegetables that have been scrubbed throughly; (2) wear gloves while gardening; (3) cook meat well or, if you prefer it rare, freeze it first to kill the microbe's cysts ㅡT.gondii produces thick-walled cysts in the animal's muscle. Ectoparasites and microscopic parasites may exist anywhere around you... and jeopardize you, your partner, and your offsprings.... I bet you will totally lose track of the time while reading."
"McAuliffe surveys current cutting-edge research linking the impact of various parasites not only on the physical health and well-being of their hosts, but also on psychological functioning as well as social and cultural developments. Some of the studies she cites include ones with which I was already familiar – like the jewel wasp which turns a cockroach into a zombie as a living food source for her larva, or the molecule that can change a rat’s protective aversion to the smell of cat urine into attraction."
"Great insight into who might really be behind the wheel."
"Still reading this - as a non-scientist, I read it in small bites, then digest (ha!)."
"The world is stranger than we can ever imagine."
"Not a bad thing but seems to drag out the content form the core facts at hand."