Product 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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #412123 in Books
• Published on: 2005-12-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 784 pages

Review
...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. -- Eric L. Weiss, MD, DTM&H Wilderness Medical Society Newsletter

...I keep a copy of this excellent book in my waiting room and recommend it as the best of its kind to any patient requesting a reference source on travel health issues. -- David O. Freedman, MD, Travelers Health Clinic, University of Alabama

...The best travelers health book . . . and the only one updated annually. -- American Way Magazine

Review
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

About the Author
Stuart Ramage Rose, M.D. is Director of the International Travel Clinic at Noble Hospital in Westfield, Massachusetts. He is a graduate of Amherst College and Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons. He is board certified in both internal medicine and emergency medicine.

Dr. Rose is Founder and President of Travel Medicine, Inc. He is a member of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene and the International Society of Travel Medicine.

Consulting Editors Jay Keystone, M.D. is Professor of Medicine at The University of Toronto, Director of International Health Programs, Faculty of Medicine and Director, International Medical Graduate Program, Ontario Ministry of Health. Dr. Keystone, is a world-recognized authority in the field of travel medicine.

Phyllis Kozarsky, M.D. is Associate Professor of Medicine at Emory where she is also Assistant Professor of International Health at the Emory University School of Public Health.

Dr. Kozarsky serves on the Executive Board of the International Society of Travel Medicine and is on the Editorial Board of both the American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene and the Journal of Travel Medicine. She is a consultant to the Division of Quarantine at the CDC as well as a consultant to numerous multinational corporations, missionary groups, and volunteer organizations.

Customer Reviews

Read this book if you're interested in safe travel
When it comes to safe international travel, here's your best companion. You're probably wondering as you plan your trip overseas, "How do I stay healthy abroad....and what do I do if I get sick or injured far from home?" You might be thinking about which diseases are lurking in the locales you're planning to visit-or perhaps you want to know which antibiotic is now considered the best treatment for travelers' diarrhea. And what about that new strain of cholera? Is it really a threat to worry about?

The International Travel HealthGuide, by Stuart R. Rose, M.D. answers these questions-and many more. Now in its Ninth Edition-and with the editorial assistance of internationally-recognized travel medicine experts Jay Keystone, M.D. and Phyllis Kozarsky, M.D.-it is the only annually-updated source that summarizes the most recent information that you need to know to avoid or treat illnesses such as malaria, hepatitis, travelers' diarrhea, cholera, and typhoid. Topics covered also include: vaccinations * jet lag * medical care abroad * Lyme disease * air ambulance services * travel insurance *HIV risks * business travel * altitude sickness * travel and pregnancy . . . and much more!

The HealthGuide also gives you the latest information on insect bite prevention, water filtration and purification, and how to prepare and use oral rehydration solutions to treat dehydration caused by travelers' diarrhea. When planning your trip, the expanded World Medical Guide section of the book provides you with extraordinarily detailed information on the health risks and diseases in over 200 countries-plus gives you listings of many foreign hospitals!

Updated every year. . . extensively used and recommended by physicians, travel clinics, multinational corporations for their employees abroad, travel agencies, and study abroad programs.

"... A storehouse of advice for the overseas traveler." Robert Barnett, American Express Travel & Leisure magazine.

"... I would strongly recommend this book to anyone considering a trip overseas, or to those of us in the exciting new field of travel medicine." Eric L. Weiss, MD, DTM&H. Former Director, Stanford University Travel Medicine Clinic.

"... I keep a copy of this excellent book in my waiting room and recommend it as the best of its kind to any patient requesting a reference on travel health issues." David O. Freedman, MD. Division of Geographic Medicine, Univ. of Alabama. 472 pages. Softcover.