Book reviews

Internet Guide to Travel Health

Elizabeth Connor. New York, Haworth Information Press, 2004. ISBN 0789018241 (Paperback).

This handy 150-page guide to health-related web sites useful for travellers will be a valuable reference tool in health centres, travel agencies and doctors' surgeries.

The sites described cover such topics as pre-travel preparation, travel documentation, and specific issues such as travelling with children or the elderly. There are also sites devoted to particular illnesses associated with travel, such as DVT, diarrhoea, malaria and hepatitis. Dengue fever has a section of its own, but surprisingly, not cholera.

The health environment in many countries changes rapidly. The author indicates if a site is updated regularly, thus assisting the reader to know if they are obtaining current information.

There is no specific section on Asia and the Pacific; indeed, most of the sites are US or UK based, with only a couple located in Australia. But references to individual countries can be found through the websites themselves. There are photos of a number of home pages and a glossary and index complete this useful publication. The accompanying fact sheet lists a sale price of US$14.94. (George Miller)

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