BASIC GH – The Big Picture
SHORT TERM MEDICAL MISSIONS
- Crump JA, Sugarman J. Ethical Considerations for Short-term Experiences by Trainees in Global Health. JAMA, September 24, 2008—Vol 300, No. 12 1456-8.
- Suchdev P, Ahrens K, Click E, Macklin L, Evangelista D and E Graham. A Model for Sustainable short-term international medical trips. Amb Ped. Vol 7(4): 317-320.
HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCIES and REFUGEE CAMPS
- Coglan, B et al. Mortality in the Democratic Republic of Congo: a nationwide survey. Lancet 2006; 367:44-51.
- Salama P et al. Lessons learned from complex emergencies over past decade. Lancet 2004; 364: 1801-13.
- Toole MJ, Waldman R. Prevention of excess mortality in refugee and displaced populations in developing countries. JAMA 1990; 263: 3296-302.
- Spiegel P et al. Health programmes and policies associated with decreased mortality in displaced persons in post-emergency phase camps: a retrospective study. Lancet 2002; 360: 1927-34
- 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees. Available at http://www.ohchr.org/english/law/refugees.htm. Accessed October 21, 2007.
USEFUL BOOKS
- NOTE: Many of the titles (and many more) can be ordered at a discount price through the TALC (Teaching Aids at Low Cost) website: http://www.talcuk.org/
Basics of Health – The Big Picture
- WHO, Closing the Gap in a Generation: Health Equity through Action on the Social Determinants of Health 2008
- The End of Poverty (Sachs)
Clinical Text books
- Essentials of Tropical Infectious Diseases (Guerrant)
- Principles of Medicine in Africa (Parry)
- Atlas of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology (Peters)
Inspiration
- Kidder, T. Mountains Beyond Mountains, Random House, 2003
Cross-cultural
- Fadiman, Anne. The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down. Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, New York, 1997.
Planning Overseas Work
- O’Neil, E; Farmer, P. Awakening Hippocrates: A Primer on Health, Poverty, and Global Service , AMA 2006
- O’Neil, E. A Practical Guide to Global Health Service, AMA 2006
Working Overseas
- Werner, D. Helping Health Workers Learn, HealthWrights (Hesperian.org)
Travel
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FIELD CLINICAL REFERENCES
Preparation
- The National Treatment Guidelines for whatever country you are going to.
NOTE: Many of the titles (and many more) can be ordered at a discount price through the TALC (Teaching Aids at Low Cost) website: http://www.talcuk.org/
GENERAL
- MSF Clinical Guidelines; 7th Revised Ed. 2007 http://www.refbooks.msf
- Oxford Handbook of Tropical Medicine; M Eddleston and S Pierini; Oxford University Press, 2nd Ed. 2004
- Topics In International Health; CD ROM Series (www.talcuk.org)
- Lecture Notes on Tropical Medicine (Gill). Excellent starting resource for those unfamiliar with tropical diseases.
- Topics in International Health: this series of CD-ROMS produced by the Wellcome Trust are fantastic educational tools
- Merck Manual (suggested because it is a reasonable size and available in multiple languages. Get one in the language of wherever you are going and leave it behind.)
- a Dermatological Atlas
- Common Skin Diseases in Africa – an Illustrated Guide (van Hees)
- WHO Manual of Diagnostic Imaging (WHO) – can download for free
- Where There is No Doctor (Werner): Hesperian foundation
Pregnancy and Childbirth
- A Book for Midwives (Klein): Hesperian Foundation
- Where Women Have No Doctor (Burns): Hesperian foundation
Neonates/Infants
Children
Disease Specific
- Management of Severe Malaria WHO 2000 http://www.rbm.who.int/docs/hbsm.pdf
- Bench Aids for the Diagnosis of Malaria Infections (WHO) or similar
- TB/HIV: a Clinical Manual (WHO) – can download for free
Surgery
- Primary Surgery, Volumes 1 and 2 (King)
- Surgical Care at the District Hospital (WHO) — can download for free
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