Revolutionizing tropical medicine : point-of-care tests, new imaging technologies and digital health /
"Revolutionizing Tropical Medicine offers an up-to-date guide for healthcare and other professionals working in low-resource countries where access to health care facilities for diagnosis and treatment is challenging. Rather than suggesting the expensive solution of building new bricks and mort...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Hoboken, NJ :
Wiley Blackwell,
2019.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "Revolutionizing Tropical Medicine offers an up-to-date guide for healthcare and other professionals working in low-resource countries where access to health care facilities for diagnosis and treatment is challenging. Rather than suggesting the expensive solution of building new bricks and mortar clinics and hospitals and increasing the number of doctors and nurses in these deprived areas, the authors propose a complete change of mindset. They outline a number of ideas for improving healthcare including rapid diagnostic testing for infectious and non-infectious diseases at a point-of-care facility, together with low cost portable imaging devices. In addition, the authors recommend a change in the way in which health care is delivered"--Provided by publisher. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxxix, 728 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781119282655 1119282659 9781119282686 1119282683 9781119282679 1119282675 |