Global Dermatology

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ins15

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2. Prologue

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Comments

      • Lawrence Charles Parish

      Pages 3-5

   3. Tropical Medicine and Tropical Public Health

      • Barnet L. Cline

      Pages 6-9

   4. Dermatological Epidemiology

      • R. J. Hay, R. Estrada Castanon

      Pages 10-14

   5. Climatology

      • Luitgard G. Wiest

      Pages 15-19

   6. Culture and Socioeconomic Background: Constructing the Relationship Between the Skin, Touch, and Sexuality

      • Sander L. Gilman

      Pages 20-26

   7. The Cultural Construction of Illnesses of the Skin

      • Inga-Britt Krause

      Pages 27-34

   8. The Globalization of Medical and Dermatologic Education

      • Alton I. Sutnick, Miriam Friedman, Marjorie P. Wilson

      Pages 35-40

3. The Influence of Migration and Travel

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 41-41

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   2. Comments

      • Robin A. C. Graham-Brown

      Pages 43-44

   3. The United States of America

      • Y. Alyssa Kim, Robert A. Schwartz

      Pages 45-50

   4. Western Europe

      • Aldo F. Finzi, Alberto Fioroni

      Pages 51-55

   5. The United Kingdom

      • Robin A. C. Graham-Brown, Rebecca L. Neame

      Pages 56-61

   6. Immigrants in Eastern Europe

      • Albrecht Scholz

      Pages 62-63

   7. Africa

      • Adekunle O. George

      Pages 64-70

   8. Travel Medicine

      • Rita Sigg-Martin, Alfred Eichmann, Robert Steffen

      Pages 71-78

4. Variables in Dermatology

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 79-79

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   2. Comments

      • Joseph L. Pace

      Pages 81-82

   3. Diseases Affected by Heat

      • S. Bose, J. P. Ortonne

      Pages 83-92

A comprehensive source of information on variations found in skin diseases throughout the world is offered here. By considering the overall problems of hereditary variables, climate fluctuations, and therapeutic differences, this volume provides an appraisal of the diverse factors that make up the composite picture of cutaneous medicine. Divided by continent and then further organized into countries or regions, each entry presents basic information on the disease indigenous to the area, including its definition and symptoms, etiology, clinical manifestations, histopathology, appropriate laboratory tests, differential diagnosis, management, prevention and references. Additional chapters discuss the influence of travel and migration as well as of variables such as climate. 38 full color plates superbly illustrate the many variations of major dermatologic diseases. As technology has made global travel far quicker and more commonplace, this book is a must for all dermatologists, infectious disease specialists, and for all family practitioners and general internists.

• climate
• dermatology
• epidemiology
• histopathology
• infectious disease
• parasite
• skin disease
• therapy

• Philadelphia, USA

  Lawrence Charles Parish

• Jefferson Center for International Dermatology, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, USA

  Lawrence Charles Parish

• Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

  Lawrence Charles Parish

• Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt

  Lawrence Charles Parish

• Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, USA

  Larry E. Millikan

• Zagazig University Faculty of Medicine, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt

  Mohamed Amer

• Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, USA

  Mohamed Amer

• Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, UK

  Robin A. C. Graham-Brown

• Hebrew University School of Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel

  Sidney N. Klaus

• University of Malta Medical School, Boffa Hospital, Floriana, Malta

  Joseph L. Pace

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