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Refugee Health Care An Essential Medical Guide /
Refugees arriving in the U.S. are required to undergo medical screening soon after arrival and also need ongoing health care. Medical examination of refugees differs from routine patient evaluations in significant ways: * They often come from countries with a disease epidemiology different from the...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York : Imprint: Springer,
2014.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 2014. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto Completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction (definition of refugees, the global burden of refugees, UN resettlement process, the role of national and local resettlement agencies, and recent trends in refugee arrivals)
- Psychosocial determinants of health
- Initial refugee screening
- Immunizations
- Tuburculosis
- Parasitic infections
- Viral hepatitis
- Malaria
- Sexually transmitted diseases
- Chronic diseases
- Prevalence of mental health disorders
- Screening for mental illness
- Treatment of mental illness
- Refugee womens health
- Health issues in refugee children
- Forensic evaluation of asylum seekers
- Violence and refugees
- Future of refugee health care.