Improvised Medicine: Providing Care in Extreme Environments

by Kenneth V. Iserson

Book Overview

Deliver quality healthcare in the most challenging field conditions

"Dr Iserson has given us a most remarkable book. Many readers may be familiar with David Werner's lay healthworker book, Where There Is No Doctor; this new volume could be titled Where There Is a Doctor-But No Stuff. Drawing from his experience providing care in international, wilderness, and disaster settings, he has compiled an impressive collection...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0071754970
• ISBN13: 9780071754972
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: McGraw Hill / Medical
• Length: 578 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 8.9"