Principles of Medicine in Africa by Eldryd Parry

Principles of Medicine in Africa by Eldryd Parry

Principles of Medicine in Africa combines classical clinical medicine with a rich understanding of the major environmental and cultural influences on health and disease, providing comprehensive guidance for anyone intending to practise medicine in Africa. Disease is presented in the context of family and culture, and the effects of inequality and problems of limited resources are addressed. The authors have a wealth of experience in front line healthcare and provide practical, evidence-based management guidelines for all the common and less common conditions likely to be encountered. This fourth edition has been thoroughly updated to incorporate the latest research findings and management guidelines. It includes an expanded section on maternal and child health, but careful editing has generated a slimmer volume, whilst retaining all of the essential content. This is the one essential text for medical students and healthcare professionals wanting a complete and up-to-date reference book on medicine in Africa.

'… spectacular …'The Lancet
'This is a big book, physically and intellectually, and must rank among the very best on health care anywhere … The text has been skilfully edited, and tables and boxed highlights have been carefully crafted.' The Lancet
'… an excellent volume … One need go no further than the contents pages to see the clarity of thought and the consistency in design, and the introductory chapters are witness to the editors' understanding of human ecology in Africa … the chapters are characterized by concise text, excellent photographs, ingenious tables, easy-to-read maps and a multitude of references … The physicians, with their solid grounding in tropical Africa, a sharper focus and a comprehensive editorial policy, produced a tome that is, with respect to Africa, better even than Manson's Tropical Diseases.' Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
'… extremely student friendly … highly readable and well-edited, the textbook covers all aspects of diseases in the tropics … extremely practical … an up-to-date masterpiece …'. Journal of the American Medical Association
'The magnificent new edition achieves its stated aims of putting the medicine of Africa into its rural and urban context, emphasising basic mechanisms of disease ad presenting practical and relevant information for those who are at the frontline of healthcare. … Principles of Medicine in Africa is a worthy publishing endeavour, which does great credit to its contributors and publisher, Cambridge University Press. It is a valuable addition to the reference and teaching literature on medicine in Africa, which is now relevant to the whole world thanks to globablisation of disease.' Clinical Medicine

Eldryd Parry has unrivalled experience of medicine in Africa, having worked in Ghana, Ethiopia and Nigeria, where he was both Professor and Dean of Medicine. He is now Visiting Professor and Honorary Fellow at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and Chairman of the Tropical Health Education Trust. He was awarded the OBE for services to medical education. Richard Godfrey was from 1990 to 1993 Professor of Medicine at Moi University in Kenya, and has had overseas consultancies in Kenya and Zambia. Until 2002 he was Consultant Physician and Honorary Senior Lecturer at Southampton University Hospitals, and at present works with Medical Emergency Relief International in programmes concerned with tuberculosis in sub-Saharan Africa. David Mabey previously worked as a clinician at the Medical Research Council Laboratories, Gambia from 1978-1986, in charge of clinical services from 1982–6. He is an Hon. Consultant Physician, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London since 1986 and has published approximately 150 papers in peer-reviewed journals, mostly on HIV, other sexually transmitted infections, and trachoma. Geoffrey Gill has worked extensively in Africa and published widely on chronic disease care in the tropics. He is Reader in the departments of Medicine and Tropical Medicine at the University of Liverpool.

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ISBN 13	9780521806169
ISBN 10	052180616X
Title	Principles of Medicine in Africa
Author	Eldryd Parry
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	2004-03-25
Number of pages	1462
Prizes	Winner of Society of Authors and Royal Society of Medicine Book Awards Winner 2005, Winner of 2005 British Medical Association First Prize in its category 2005
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