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BL
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654599
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| Title & Author
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Immigrant medicine /\ [edited by] Patricia Frye Walker, Elizabeth D. Barnett.
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| Publication Statement
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St. Louis, Mo. :: Saunders Elsevier,, 2007.
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xv, 765 p. :: col. ill. ;; 25 cm. ++ 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
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| ISBN
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9780323034548
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: 0323034543
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| Notes
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CD editor: Patricia Ohmans.
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Section 1. Introduction to immigrant medicine. An introduction to the field of refugee and immigrant healthcare -- Compassion -- Health and well-being of immigrants -- Action steps to improve the health of new Americans -- Language assistance for limited English proficient patients -- Communicating with limited English proficient patients -- Multicultural medicine -- Cultural competence -- Section 2. Medical screenings and immunizations for new immigrants. Overseas medical screening for immigrants and refugees -- US medical screening for immigrants and refugees -- Immunizations for immigrants -- Section 3. Epidemiology of disease and disorders in immigrants. Differential diagnoses of ill immigrants by organ system -- Diseases by country of origin -- Disease by race/ethnicity -- Disease with long latency periods -- Emerging infectious diseases of immigrant patients -- Section 4. Major diseases and disorders in immigrants. Tuberculosis -- Intestinal parasites -- Eosinophilia -- Hepatitis B global epidemiology, diagnosis, and prevention -- Management of chronic hepatitis B -- Skin problems -- Section 5. Additional diseases and disorders in immigrants. Chagas' disease (American Trypanosomiasis) -- Taenia Solium and neurocysticercosis -- Echinococcosis -- Giardiasis -- Helicobacter Pylori -- Hepatitis C -- Hookworm infection -- Leishmaniasis -- Leprosy -- Loiasis -- Lumpahtic Filariasis -- Malaria -- Inchocerciasis -- Schistosomiasis -- Strongyloides -- Section 6. Chronic illness in immigrants. Preventive healthcare in children -- Preventive healthcare and management of chronic disease in adults -- Women's health issues -- Women's reproductive health -- Dental diseases and disorders -- Anemia and red blood cell disorders --
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Section 7. School readiness and bilingual education -- Vocational considerations -- Health literacy -- Healthcare for migrant workers -- Visiting friends and relatives.
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Delivery of Health Care.
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Emigrants and Immigrants.
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Emigration and Immigration.
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Cross-Cultural Comparison.
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Health Services Needs and Demand.
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Refugees.
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Transients and Migrants.
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Immigrants-- Health and hygiene.
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| Dewey Classification
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616.0086910941
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| LC Classification
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RA448.5.I44I46 2007
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2008 A-542
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WA 300I326 2007
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| Added Entry
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Walker, Patricia Frye.
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Barnett, Elizabeth D., (Elizabeth Day)
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Ohmans, Patricia.
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