Globalisation certainly offers benefits to some but, at the same time, it relegates and excludes more and more the vast majority of the poor.
Migration is a stressful experience and consequently dangerous for the health, because it involves not only a complete uprooting from one’s original environment but also the necessity to re-establish oneself in a completely new one.
Among the objectives concerning health, it is necessary to repeat that there is an urgent need to reinforce the protection of people who are in a weak position, the needy, those who are somehow disadvantaged and are forced to rely on some assistance. Particular attention must be given to immigrants, nomads and the homeless who, quite often, belong to the first two categories.
The departments of dermatology and venereology could become centres of preventive medicine for migrants and be of considerable importance in the assistance and the study of these patients.
This book shows the important role our discipline plays in the field of prevention of illness and promotion of health, in particular with the weakest members of the society who risk being marginalized.
This volume through the scientific icons of suffering and dermatological knowledge, contribute to the recognition of this new dermatological reality and stimulate further closer examination and scientific debate.

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Codice ISBN: 88-901230-4-4

Anno: 2004

Genere: Pubblicazione Scientifica

Formato: Cartonato - Colore

Dimensioni: 21 cm x 29,7 cm x 3 cm

Pagine: 376