The Global Crisis in Noncommunicable Disease
On a surgical placement in Indonesia you meet a 45 year old patient, Wayan with an infected foot as a result of diabetes. You have to resort to amputation and reflect on the amount of morbidity Wayan is already suffering as a result of noncommunicable dis
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David MacGarty • David Nott Editors
Disaster Medicine A Case Based Approach
Editors David MacGarty, MBBS, BSc FY2 Doctor Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology St Peter’s Hospital Surrey UK
David Nott, OBE, OStJ, DMCC, BSc, MD, FRCS Department of Surgery Chelsea & Westminster Hospital London UK
ISBN 978-1-4471-4422-9 ISBN 978-1-4471-4423-6 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4471-4423-6 Springer London Heidelberg New York Dordrecht
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This book is dedicated to Sarah Houston. As a medical student she was actively interested in Global Health issues and she hoped to pursue this interest in her career. Her determination to help those in need, both at home and abroad, was inspirational and her legacy will remain with all those who knew and loved her. Thanks to our mums and wives/girlfriends who put up with us while we burned the midnight oil. Also special mention to: Brother Elio Croce (‘bro Elio’) – Director of St. Jude Children’s Home and Technical Director at St. Mary’s Hospital, Lacor (both in Gulu, Uganda) and Tom Hart – Programme Director in Guatemala for the charity Health Poverty Action (HPA).
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