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Record Nr.

UNINA9910555118103321

Titolo

Revolutionizing tropical medicine : point-of-care tests, new imaging technologies and digital health / / edited by Kerry Atkinson and David Mabey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley Blackwell, , [2019]

©2019

ISBN

1-119-28267-5

1-119-28265-9

1-119-28268-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (793 pages)

Collana

THEi Wiley ebooks

Disciplina

616.9883

Soggetti

Tropical medicine

Tropical Medicine

Point-of-Care Testing

Telemedicine

Developing Countries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

"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.