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Essential surgery / editors, Haile T. Debas, Peter Donkor, Atul Gawande, Dean T. Jamison, Margaret Kruk, Charles Mock.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Disease control priorities ; v. 1.Publisher: Washington, DC : World Bank Publications, 2015Edition: Third editionDescription: 1 online resource (xix, 421 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781464803673
  • 1464803676
Uniform titles:
  • Disease control priorities in developing countries.
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Disease Control Priorities (Volume 1) : Essential Surgery.DDC classification:
  • 362.197 23
LOC classification:
  • RD27.44.D44 E87 2015
NLM classification:
  • WA 395
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Abbreviations; 1. Essential Surgery: Key Messages of This Volume; PART 1: THE GLOBAL BURDEN; 2. Global Burden of Surgical Conditions; PART 2: SURGICAL INTERVENTIONS; 3. Surgery and Trauma Care; 4. General Surgical Emergencies; 5. Obstetric Surgery; 6. Obstetric Fistula; 7. Surgery for Family Planning, Abortion, and Postabortion Care; 8. Surgical Interventions for Congenital Anomalies; 9. Hernia and Hydrocele; 10. Dentistry; 11. Cataract Surgery; PART 3: SURGICAL PLATFORMS AND POLICIES.
12. Organization of Essential Services and the Role of First-Level Hospitals13. Specialized Surgical Platforms; 14. Prehospital and Emergency Care; 15. Anesthesia and Perioperative Care; 16. Excess Surgical Mortality: Strategies for Improving Quality of Care; 17. Workforce Innovations to Expand the Capacity for Surgical Services; PART 4: THE ECONOMICS OF SURGERY; 18. Costs, Effectiveness, and Cost-Effectiveness of Selected Surgical Procedures and Platforms; 19. Task-Sharing or Public Finance for Expanding Surgical Access in Rural Ethiopia: An Extended Cost-Effectiveness Analysis.
20. Global Surgery and Poverty21. Benefit-Cost Analysis for Selected Surgical Interventions in Low- and Middle-Income Countries; DCP3 Series Acknowledgments; Series and Volume Editors; Contributors; Advisory Committee to the Editors; Reviewers; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z.
Summary: About this Series: From its inception, the Disease Control Priorities series has focused attention on delivering efficacious health interventionsthat can result in dramatic reductions in mortality and disability at relatively modest cost. The approach has been multidisciplinary, andthe recommendations have been evidence-based, scalable, and adaptable in multiple settings. Better and more equitable health care is theshared responsibility of governments and international agencies, public and private sectors, and societies and individuals, and all of thesepartners have been involved in the develo.
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Electronic Book Electronic Book Kuakarun Nursing Library Processing unit WA 395 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online Access Eb34951
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Previously published in: Disease control priorities in developing countries, 2nd ed. ©2006.

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Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Abbreviations; 1. Essential Surgery: Key Messages of This Volume; PART 1: THE GLOBAL BURDEN; 2. Global Burden of Surgical Conditions; PART 2: SURGICAL INTERVENTIONS; 3. Surgery and Trauma Care; 4. General Surgical Emergencies; 5. Obstetric Surgery; 6. Obstetric Fistula; 7. Surgery for Family Planning, Abortion, and Postabortion Care; 8. Surgical Interventions for Congenital Anomalies; 9. Hernia and Hydrocele; 10. Dentistry; 11. Cataract Surgery; PART 3: SURGICAL PLATFORMS AND POLICIES.

12. Organization of Essential Services and the Role of First-Level Hospitals13. Specialized Surgical Platforms; 14. Prehospital and Emergency Care; 15. Anesthesia and Perioperative Care; 16. Excess Surgical Mortality: Strategies for Improving Quality of Care; 17. Workforce Innovations to Expand the Capacity for Surgical Services; PART 4: THE ECONOMICS OF SURGERY; 18. Costs, Effectiveness, and Cost-Effectiveness of Selected Surgical Procedures and Platforms; 19. Task-Sharing or Public Finance for Expanding Surgical Access in Rural Ethiopia: An Extended Cost-Effectiveness Analysis.

20. Global Surgery and Poverty21. Benefit-Cost Analysis for Selected Surgical Interventions in Low- and Middle-Income Countries; DCP3 Series Acknowledgments; Series and Volume Editors; Contributors; Advisory Committee to the Editors; Reviewers; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z.

About this Series: From its inception, the Disease Control Priorities series has focused attention on delivering efficacious health interventionsthat can result in dramatic reductions in mortality and disability at relatively modest cost. The approach has been multidisciplinary, andthe recommendations have been evidence-based, scalable, and adaptable in multiple settings. Better and more equitable health care is theshared responsibility of governments and international agencies, public and private sectors, and societies and individuals, and all of thesepartners have been involved in the develo.

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