Around The Globe For Women's Health. a Practical Guide For The Health Care Provider

Description

• Editor-in-Chief teaches a global health course and has worked in both Central America and Africa
• Growing interest among trainees and physicians alike makes this a timely book
• Contains case-based clinical information combined with cultural issues

In the increasingly globalized twenty-first century, cross-cultural communication and knowledge of culturally informed health practices are critical skills for women’s health providers. Around the Globe for Women’s Health is a concise, culturally sensitive, and clinically relevant guide that aims to increase health equity through prevention and improved clinical care for women around the world. Case-based chapters highlight clinical issues (such as obstetric fistula, malaria, and postpartum hemorrhage) and barriers to care (the unmet need for family planning, or limited radiotherapy in low-resource countries, for example).Around the Globe for Women's Health is a must-have resource not just for physicians considering working in another country, but all providers seeking to provide better care for diverse populations of women within the United States.

Content Level » Professional/practitioner
Keywords » Global - Gynecology - Obstetrics - Women - Women's Health
Related subjects » Gynecology - Public Health

Table of Contents

1. Maternal Mortality: The Greatest Health Divide in the World
Carolina Bibbo, Taraneh Shirazian

2. Postpartum Hemorrhage in a Conflict Setting
Nichole Young-Lin, Maya Garala, Erin Gertz

3. Obstetric Fistula
Salma Rahimi, Tracy Capes, Charles Ascher-Walsh

4. Diagnosis and Treatment of Malaria in Pregnancy
Veronica Ades

5. The Unmet Need for Family Planning
Kate A Shaw, Jessica M Atrio, Paul D Blumenthal

6. Anesthesia in Action at a Global Health Site
Andrew M. Perez MD, Ram Roth MD, Elizabeth A.M. Frost MD

7. At Your Cervix: Preventing Cervical Cancer using a Single Visit Approach
Deborah Landis Lewis, Miriam Cremer

8. The Challenge of Global Cervical and Breast Cancer Prevention, Detection, and Treatment
Annekathryn Goodman, MD, MS

9. Radiation Therapy: A Privilege, not a Right – Treatment of Cervical Cancer with Limited Radiotherapy in Low-Resource Settings
Jessica Ton, Linus Chuang, MD

10. Interested in Volunteering Abroad? Considerations When Choosing a Global Health Opportunity
Michael Brodman, MD

Authors & Editors

Dr. Taraneh Shirazian is the Director of Global Health in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, NY. She is also the cofounder and Medical Director of Saving Mothers (www.savingmothers.org), a nonprofit dedicated to reducing maternal morbidity and mortality and improving the lives of women through prevention, education, training of local providers, and clinical outreach.

Dr. Erin Gertz is the first Global Health Fellow in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. She attended medical school at the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine and completed her residency training in Ob/Gyn at the Beth Israel Medical Center in New York.