{"product_id":"operation-health-adam-l-kushner-9781421416694","title":"Operation Health: Surgical Care in the Developing World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBasic surgery is a crucial part of public health prevention.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA teenage mother arrives by donkey cart to a hospital after attempting to deliver her baby in the bush. A young father faces the loss of a leg after receiving a gunshot wound that will not heal. A man walks miles to a hospital for a pain in his side caused by an appendix that burst five days earlier. Without access to surgical resources, millions of people with conditions like these become disabled or die. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eOperation Health\u003c\/i\u003e, Adam L. Kushner argues that not only are severe medical conditions-- like a strangulated hernia or obstetric fistula--treatable by surgical means in low-income countries; they are, in fact, surgically preventable. Although the World Bank estimates that 11 percent of the global disease burden is treatable by surgery, more than a quarter of the world's population lacks access to straightforward and life-saving surgical procedures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOperation Health\u003c\/i\u003e makes a strong and compelling justification for adding surgical care to the global health agenda by providing an overview of dangerous but repairable medical conditions common in developing countries. Every chapter opens with a vignette by Kushner which tells the remarkable story of the patients and situations he encountered in the field. Carefully crafted case studies demonstrate the power of surgery to heal people suffering from potentially debilitating conditions, including clubfoot, obstructed labor, and broken bones.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe chapters--written by world-renowned surgical experts--cover related medical topics such as epidemiology, women's health, cancer, and trauma in locations from Sierra Leone to Nepal, Ghana, Mongolia, and elsewhere. This detailed and compassionate book will be of great interest to medical professionals, students, public health policy makers, philanthropic donors, and those with a general interest in global health.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Adam L. Kushner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1421416697\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781421416694\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/28\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.40d","brand":"Adam L. Kushner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48449574994175,"sku":"9781421416694","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4da51fcd-0d62-43f0-b01e-76d7220f8a59.jpg?v=1777263995","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/operation-health-adam-l-kushner-9781421416694","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}