Author: World Health Organization
Publisher: World Health Organization
Keywords: technique, projections, radiographic, imaging, diagnostic, manual
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2003-12-16
List price: $36.00
ISBN-10: 9241546085
ISBN-13: 9789241546089

The present volume in the series, the manual of Radiographic Technique and Projections, provides practical assistance and guidelines for exposures, projections and positioning of a patient as needed for a majority of common radiographic examinations. Although each examination needs to be tailor-made according to clinical problems, size and age of patients, and type of equipment used, this manual offers basic generic information, which can easily be modified according to local needs. Backed by sophisticated computer graphics, this manual will prove essential assistance and help to anybody invol

Author: World Health Organization
Publisher: World Health Organization
Keywords: policy, development, action, considerations, people, emergencies, older
Number of Pages: 44
Published: 2008-02
List price: $15.00
ISBN-10: 9241547391
ISBN-13: 9789241547390

Older people have often been overlooked in disasters and conflicts, and their concerns have rarely been addressed by emergency programs or planners. This analysis seeks to highlight factors that particularly affect older people in emergencies, especially health-related concerns, propose a strategy to raise awareness about older people in emergencies and recommend policies and practices to address these considerations. Until recently, older people’s needs in disasters and conflicts were addressed only by broader adult health and humanitarian programs. This has changed as several r

Author: World Health Organization Staff; Who Staff; W. H.
Publisher: World Health Organization
Keywords: report, technical, series, sixth, fifty, committee, biological, standardization, expert
Number of Pages: 350
Published: 2007-05-30
List price: $50.00
ISBN-10: 9241209410
ISBN-13: 9789241209410

Author: Who
Publisher: World Health Organization
Keywords: ship, medicine, chest, including, ships, medical, guide, international
Number of Pages: 488
Published: 2007-12
List price: $89.00
ISBN-10: 9241547200
ISBN-13: 9789241547208

The third edition of the International Medical Guide for Ships shows designated first-aid providers how to diagnose treat and prevent the health problems of seafarers on board ship. Since its first publication in 1967, the International Medical Guide for Ships has been a standard reference for medical care on board ships. The second edition written in 1988 was translated into more than 30 languages and has been used in tens of thousands of ships. This is the third edition contains fully updated recommendations aimed to promote and protect the health of seafarers and is consistent with t

Authors:P. Boyle, B. Levin,
Publisher: World Health Organization
Keywords: report, cancer, world
Number of Pages: 512
Published: 2009-02
List price: $40.00
ISBN-10: 9283204239
ISBN-13: 9789283204237

It is estimated that there will be over 12 million people diagnosed with cancer this year. Hardly any family has not been touched by cancer, and when cancer hits it can hit hard. The burden on society caused by cancer is immense, not only in terms of the human suffering of patients and their relatives and friends, but the cost of cancer in economic terms. The strain cancer produces on health professionals and health systems is substantial and growing rapidly. The World Cancer Report 2008 provides a unique global view of cancer and documents many important features of the global situatio

Author: IARC
Publisher: World Health Organization
Keywords: evaluation, monographs, carcinogenic, risks, humans, iarc, styrene, herbal, medicines, mycotoxins, naphthalene, traditional
Number of Pages: 590
Published: 2002-01
List price: $49.50
ISBN-10: 9283212827
ISBN-13: 9789283212829

Traditional herbal medicines encompass an extremely diverse group of preparations that originate from many different cultures. In recent years, such products have become widely available commercially in developed countries, where mixtures prepared from medicinal plants have been marketed or uses that were never contemplated in the traditional healing systems from which they emerged. In many countries, herbal medicines are not subject to rigorous standards with respect to manufacturing, efficacy, quality and safety. For example, herbal remedies containing plant species of the genus Aristolo

Author: P.A. Marshall
Publisher: World Health Organization
Keywords: poor, resource, settings, special, topics, research, health, study, challenges, design, informed, consent, ethical
Number of Pages: 82
Published: 2007-07
List price: $25.00
ISBN-10: 9241563389
ISBN-13: 9789241563383

This review considers ethical challenges to research design and informed consent in biomedical and behavioral studies conducted in resource-poor settings. A review of the literature explores relevant social, cultural, and ethical issues in the conduct of biomedical and social health research in developing countries. Ten case vignettes illustrate ethical challenges that arise in international research with culturally diverse populations. Recommendations for researchers and policy-makers concerned about ethical practices in multinational studies conducted in resource-poor settings are also liste