Main description:

In the increasingly globalized twenty-first century, cross-cultural communication and knowledge of culturally informed health practices are critical skills for women's health providers. Around the Globe for Women's Health is a concise, culturally sensitive, and clinically relevant guide that aims to increase health equity through prevention and improved clinical care for women around the world. Case-based chapters highlight clinical issues (such as obstetric fistula, malaria, and postpartum hemorrhage) and barriers to care (the unmet need for family planning, or limited radiotherapy in low-resource countries, for example). Around the Globe for Women's Health is a must-have resource not just for physicians considering working in another country, but all providers seeking to provide better care for diverse populations of women within the United States.

Contents:

1. Maternal Mortality: The Greatest Health Divide in the World

Carolina Bibbo, Taraneh Shirazian

2. Postpartum Hemorrhage in a Conflict Setting

Nichole Young-Lin, Maya Garala, Erin Gertz

3. Obstetric Fistula

Salma Rahimi, Tracy Capes, Charles Ascher-Walsh

4. Diagnosis and Treatment of Malaria in Pregnancy

Veronica Ades

5. The Unmet Need for Family Planning

Kate A Shaw, Jessica M Atrio, Paul D Blumenthal

6. Anesthesia in Action at a Global Health Site

Andrew M. Perez MD, Ram Roth MD, Elizabeth A.M. Frost MD

7. At Your Cervix: Preventing Cervical Cancer using a Single Visit Approach

Deborah Landis Lewis, Miriam Cremer

8. The Challenge of Global Cervical and Breast Cancer Prevention, Detection, and Treatment

Annekathryn Goodman, MD, MS

9. Radiation Therapy: A Privilege, not a Right - Treatment of Cervical Cancer with Limited Radiotherapy in Low-Resource Settings

Jessica Ton, Linus Chuang, MD

10. Interested in Volunteering Abroad? Considerations When Choosing a Global Health Opportunity

Michael Brodman, MD