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Where There Is No Doctor: A Village Health Care Handbook
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 610
EAN: 9780942364156
Edition: 2nd
ISBN: 0942364155
Label: Hesperian Foundation
Manufacturer: Hesperian Foundation
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 446
Publication Date: May 25, 1992
Publisher: Hesperian Foundation
Studio: Hesperian Foundation
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Editorial Review:
Hesperian's classic manual, Where There Is No Doctor, is perhaps the most widely-used health care manual in the world. Useful for health workers, clinicians, and others involved in primary health care delivery and health promotion programs, with millions of copies in print in more than 75 languages, the manual provides practical, easily understood information on how to diagnose, treat, and prevent common diseases. Special attention is focused on mutrition, infection and disease prevention, and diagnostic techniques as primary ways to prevent and treat health problems. This 2007 reprint includes new material on preventing the transmission of blood-borne diseases, how HIV/AIDS is reflected in many health issues, and basic Antiretroviral treatment information, as well as updated information on children and aspirin, stomach ulcers, hepatitis, and malaria treatments.
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Rating:  - Helping East Africa
My family and I are missionaries living in E. Africa. I am a registered nurse in the U.S. so I do have medical training, yet here in Africa I have turned to (the older version of this book) many times. I have turned to this book for ringworms, scabies, malaria, medication, birth control options, infant malnutrition, etc. A lot of teaching to the local people, and plan to do much more. This book is easy to read, and a great reference. I did not give it a 5 start b/c for some reason (the older version ... Read More
Rating:  - Wannabe practitioner beware
I will admit that while I lived in West Africa, I had a copy of Where There Is No Doctor on my shelf, and that I consulted it on a frequent basis. As a public health worker, it was an invaluable resource at the time. However, this was not the only book I had on hand, and I certainly didn't view it as the Medical Bible that so many cavalier explorers think it is. The simple fact is, unless you have adequate training to perform any sort of diagnosis or treatment, YOU SHOULD NOT DO SO, and you will probably ... Read More
Rating:  - Where There Is No Doctor: A Village Health Care Handbook
This book was designed for primitive health care. It isn't set up to turn the layman into a surgeon.
For what it is; it does an excellent job. A huge block of it has little use here in the states, but there is at least one good tip on every page. Once you move past the political and socioeconomic points, it's a wonderful learning tool.
One thing that is often over looked; Hesperian the publisher distributes this and countless other books for FREE. Their whole philosophy is medicine ... Read More
Rating: - Where there is no Doctor
Best information for medical & non-medical people going on mission trips I have found. I have been on 15 trips to 4 different countries and I always take this book. It's always packed along side my Bible.
Rating: - Missionary student, have used this book.
Excellent for use in third world countries. Every missionary should own a copy of this book. The only reason I do not give 5 stars to this book is because of the philosophies of David Werner on community development, which contradict biblical community development ideas. For instance, he promotes some non-conservative ideas about birth control. So Christians, just be careful whose hands this book gets into. I would give the same warning about the "where there is no women doctor" book. That one is definitely ... Read More
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