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A completely updated version of the health bible for holidays abroad. Chapter headings such as 'Animal bites; rabies; venomous bites and stings' may not be reassuring (and just wait until you've read the contents) but expert advice on the risks, how to avoid them and what to do if you didn't by a host of experts is undeniably useful, as are appendices with titles including 'Can I drink the water?' (The Observer )
Even a sudden change in climate can be dangerous to the executive who is not physically fit. This instructive book by Dr Richard Dawood covers a wide range of country-specific health risks and includes practical advice on how to prepare for trips abroad. (Business Spotlight )
This updated edition of Travellers' Health seems to meet all possible needs . . . an excellent book, containing a wealth of information . . . hard to think of a better buy. (Health Matters, 51 )
This fourth edition . . . is even more comprehensive and authoritative that its predecessors . . . and can be unreservedly recommended to anyone, expert or nonexpert . . . noone can compete with Dawood's guide. This gold mine of information is a fascinating read for even the armchair explorer. Travellers' Health is the authoritative guide for regular travellers. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention )
. . . unreservedly recommended to anyone, expert or nonexpert, interested in the subject . . . excellent clarity and conciseness . . . none can compete with Dawood's guide. This gold mine of information is a fascinating read for even the armchair explorer. Travellers' Health is the authoritative guide for regular travellers, especially for anyone planning to live and work in foreign climes. For the health professional, the volume also serves as an accessible compendium of information about unfamiliar infectious diseases and environmental hazards and their prevention. And, despite the thoroughness of its content, the book has remained slim enough to pack away in the carry-on flight bag. (Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 9, No 4 )
An excellent book for the long-term or frequent traveller, and is full of practical advice for those going off the beaten track. Furthermore, it is more than adequately detailed and referenced to serve as a resource for healthcare professionals preparing and caring for travellers. (Doody's Journal )
Review from a previous edition It is as indispensable to travel as a toothbrush. (Michael Palin )
Even a sudden change in climate can be dangerous to the executive who is not physically fit. This instructive book by Dr Richard Dawood covers a wide range of country-specific health risks and includes practical advice on how to prepare for trips abroad. (Business Spotlight )
This updated edition of Travellers' Health seems to meet all possible needs . . . an excellent book, containing a wealth of information . . . hard to think of a better buy. (Health Matters, 51 )
This fourth edition . . . is even more comprehensive and authoritative that its predecessors . . . and can be unreservedly recommended to anyone, expert or nonexpert . . . noone can compete with Dawood's guide. This gold mine of information is a fascinating read for even the armchair explorer. Travellers' Health is the authoritative guide for regular travellers. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention )
. . . unreservedly recommended to anyone, expert or nonexpert, interested in the subject . . . excellent clarity and conciseness . . . none can compete with Dawood's guide. This gold mine of information is a fascinating read for even the armchair explorer. Travellers' Health is the authoritative guide for regular travellers, especially for anyone planning to live and work in foreign climes. For the health professional, the volume also serves as an accessible compendium of information about unfamiliar infectious diseases and environmental hazards and their prevention. And, despite the thoroughness of its content, the book has remained slim enough to pack away in the carry-on flight bag. (Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 9, No 4 )
An excellent book for the long-term or frequent traveller, and is full of practical advice for those going off the beaten track. Furthermore, it is more than adequately detailed and referenced to serve as a resource for healthcare professionals preparing and caring for travellers. (Doody's Journal )
Review from a previous edition It is as indispensable to travel as a toothbrush. (Michael Palin )
Michael Palin
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It is as indispensable to travel as a toothbrush."
It is as indispensable to travel as a toothbrush."
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The only travel medicine book you'll need,
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This review is from: Travellers' Health: How to stay healthy abroad (Paperback)
I have brought Dr Dawood's book with me on many trips abroad, and can honestly say that not only is it invaluable as a travel medicine reference, but it is also a most readable and generally informative book. Every possible condition you could suffer from -and more- are discussed in frank, matter of fact terms, along with criteria for diagnosis and treatment. Dr Dawood has put together a valuable yet lightweight resource that should be in every travellers rucksack, be they travelling to a resort in Spain or through the High Andes.
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Great for the professional or the layperson,
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This review is from: Travellers' Health: How to stay healthy abroad (Paperback)
When working in Brazilian Amazonia,I carted this around with me just about everywhere I went.Ideal for the long boat rides along the Amazon and it's tributaries,with fairly gruesome diagrams and stories of the various diseases that affect the traveller.
It's full of good stuff for the professional-I'm a nurse-and will help you with diagnosis and treatment of many tropical maladies,as well as other stuff that someone in the tropics might find a tad esoteric-altitude sicknees,frostbite and the like. Also has material on transcultural plagues such as STIs/HIV,drug addiction and travel sickness. Remember that,even though it's sold as being for the layperson,some of it will be meaningless for the non-professional.A friend of mine took her copy to Kurdistan,and all the doctors and nurses practically formed a queue to borrow it off her
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Fantastic book,
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This review is from: Travellers' Health: How to stay healthy abroad (Paperback)
In the internet age where information on disease preventention and treatment seems available everywhere online it might seem that books like this aren't needed - not so! This is a well written, information, comprehensive book which is equally well suited to the curious traveller to a medical professional. Once you've got this book you'll go here first, online second when looking for some information on any aspect of travel health. Very highly recommended.
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