Overview
- Examines health and medical care in the Arab world from a systems biology approach
- Details social, environmental, and cultural determinants
- Explores regional access and barriers to health delivery
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Table of contents (154 entries)
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Front Matter
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Women’s Health in the Middle Eastern Countries
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Front Matter
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Health Needs of the Displaced and Refugee Population
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Keywords
- Arab speaking nations
- Health care systems
- Systems biology
- Health determinants
- Public health
- Mental and Psychological Health
- Women’s Health
- Health need of displaced and refugee population
- Social determinants of health
- Environmental causes of disease
- Obesity and systems biology
- Reproduction and fertility
- Palliative care systems and hospices
- Childhood diseases
- Infectious diseases
- Smoking, cancer and cardiovascular diseases
- Musculoskeletal
- Dermatology
- Ophthalmology
- Healthcare in the workplace
About this book
More than 25 sections consider all aspects of health, from cancer to hormone replacement therapy, from the use of medications to vitamin deficiency in emergency medical care. Chapters highlight essential areas in the wellbeing and care of this population. These topics include women’s health care, displaced and refugee women’s health needs, childhood health, social and environmental causes of disease, health systems and health management, and a wide range of diseases of various body systems. This resource also explores issues related to access and barriers to health delivery throughout the region.
Health in the Arab world is complex and rapidly changing. The health burden in the region is distributed unevenly based on gender, location, as well as other factors. In addition, crises such as armed conflicts and an expanding migrant population place additional stress on systems and providers at all levels. This timely resource will help readers better understand all these major issues and more. It will serve as an ideal guide for researchers in various biological disciplines, public health, and regulatory agencies.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Ismail Laher graduated from the University of London (UK) and continued his studies in pharmacology at the University of British Columbia (Canada), Memorial University of Newfoundland (Canada), and the University of Vermont (USA). His research interests are in determinants of vascular function in health and disease. He has published over 200 peer-reviewed research articles and is also the editor of a 5-volume reference collection Systems Biology of Free Radicals and Antioxidants and the co-editor of Nutritional Antioxidant Therapies: Treatments and Perspectives, both published by Springer Verlag.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Handbook of Healthcare in the Arab World
Editors: Ismail Laher
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36811-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Reference Module Humanities and Social Sciences, Reference Module Business, Economics and Social Sciences
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-36810-4Published: 11 August 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-36811-1Published: 10 August 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: LII, 3607
Number of Illustrations: 35 b/w illustrations, 353 illustrations in colour
Topics: Public Health, Medical Sociology, Biomedicine, general, Quality of Life Research