General Surgery at the District Hospital J. Cook B. Sankaran E.A.O. Wasunna September 1988, 231 pp., Paperback: 978 92 4 154235 7 Price: $30.00 A richly illustrated guide to general surgical procedures suitable for use in small hospitals that are subject to constraints on personnel, equipment, and drugs. Information is addressed to the medical officer who may not have formal training in surgery, yet has gained experience under supervision of all the relevant techniques. Following an overview of basic
What Can the Matter Be? Therapeutic Interventions with Parents, Infants and Young Children Louise Emanuel Paperback: 978 1 85575 340 2 Price: $38.95 June 2008, 320 pp., 5 7/8" x 9 1/4" The Tavistock Clinic Series This volume is the result of over twenty years of therapeutic interventions with families within the Tavistock Clinic's Under Fives Service. It describes in detail the process of understanding young children's communications and behavior and the dynamics of family relationships within the
Surgical Care at the District Hospital July 2003, 512 pp., Paperback: 978 92 4 154575 4 Price: $50.00 Many patients who present to district (first-referral) level hospitals require surgical treatment for trauma, obstetric, abdominal or orthopedic emergencies. Often surgery cannot be safely postponed to allow their transfer to a secondary or tertiary-level hospital but many district hospitals in developing countries have no specialist surgical teams and are staffed by medical, nursing, and paramedical