Description

An indispensable resource for anyone concerned with safe international travel, this best-selling book has been completely updated to provide more state-of-the-art guidance than ever before. In clear, accessible prose, authors Stuart Rose, MD and Jay Keystone, MD cover all of the essentials of healthy travel, from pre-travel vaccination and avoiding jet lag and altitude sickness to the treatment of travelers' diarrhea, malaria prevention, and more. In addition, the book's unique World Health Guide section provides essential health and risk-related information for over 200 countries.

Reviews

REVIEW OF THE LAST EDITION

"...The best travelers' health book . . . and the only one updated annually." - American Way Magazine
"...Dr. Stuart Rose has successfully produced a comprehensive resource containing concise and accurate answers to potential travelers wondering how to stay healthy abroad and what to do if they become sick or injured far from home. He has made an excellent contribution to the field of travel medicine, and I would strongly recommend this book." - Wilderness Medical Society Newsletter

Key Features

• Includes invaluable information on:
• How to stay healthy while traveling, and what to do if you get sick or injured abroad.
• How to avoid accidents.
• Avoiding insect bites, a major cause of illness in tropical and sub-tropical countries.
• How to locate a clinic for pre-travel shots and advice.
• How to travel with children.
• Traveling during pregnancy.
• How to find travel insurance that pays ''up front'' and pays for medical evacuation.
• Which diseases are found in specific geographic regions.

New to this Edition

• Contains a new appendix with an extensive list of travel-health-related websites.
• Now Includes embassy and consulate information for US, Canada, and UK
• Provides information on travel clinics worldwide
• Provides SOS call center information
• Presents a new summary of immunizations for each destination.
• Offers new information on trip preparation for disabled travelers.

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Table of Contents

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Author Information

By Stuart R. Rose, MD, FACEP, Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine; and Jay S. Keystone, MD, MSC, (CTM), FRCPC, Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto; Staff Physician, Center for Travel and Tropical Medicine, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada

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