Pacific Partnerships for Health: Charting a New Course: Charting a Course for the 21st Century - Softcover

Institute Of Medicine; Committee On Health Care Services In The

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0309059488 ISBN 13: 9780309059480

Verlag: NATL ACADEMY PR, 1998

Inhaltsangabe

The U.S.-Associated Pacific Basin consists of six island jurisdictions: American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, the Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. This book examines one aspect of the ties and U.S. involvement with this part of the world--its role in the region's health care delivery system. Although the health status of the islanders and the challenges faced by the health care systems naturally vary within and among the jurisdictions, in general, almost all health indicators for the islanders are worse than those of mainland Americans. The health systems in the area must deal with conditions normally seen in developing countries (e.g., malnutrition, tuberculosis, dengue fever, and cholera) and in developed countries alike (e.g., diabetes, heart disease, and cancer). In examining the strengths and weaknesses of the area's systems, the volume provides a regional health overview and assessments of health care in individual jurisdictions, evaluates the Pacific Basin Medical Officers Training Program, and lays out a strategic plan for future health services in the U.S.-Associated Pacific Basin.

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Jill C. Feasley and Robert S. Lawrence, Editors; Committee on Health Care Services in the U.S.-Associated Pacific Basin, Institute of Medicine

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: NATL ACADEMY PR
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1998
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0309059488
• ISBN 13: 9780309059480
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 176
• Herausgeber: Lawrence Robert S.
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