A Healthcare Students Introduction to Global Health: Low- and Middle Income Countries

Fiander, Alison; Fry, Grace

Aimed at healthcare students: medical, nursing, and allied professionals, the textbook covers a broad range of topics in Global Health as investigated and summarized by Cardiff University medical students completing a short course in Global Health. Global Health is an increasingly important aspect of the undergraduate medical curriculum but is rarely formally taught at undergraduate level.

It focuses upon health in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMIC). Chapters include: What is Global Health; changing demographics and disease burden; Humanitarian medicine, Aid; health in conflict; Sexual Reproductive Health; Gender Based Violence; child health; disability; cancer care; palliative care; infectious disease; neglected tropical disease; the climate crisis and sustainable healthcare, amongst others.

Details

Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2024-10-22

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9783031665622

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-66563-9

Dimensions: 235cm x155cm

Pages: 253