Travel Medicine is a comprehensive textbook designed for the clinic, home, or academic library. Major sections include “Section 1: The Practice of Travel Medicine” (four chapters), “Section 2: The Pre-Travel Consultation” (four chapters), “Section 3: Immunization” (three chapters), “Section 4: Malaria” (four chapters), “Section 5: Travelers’ Diarrhea” (four chapters); “Section 6: Travelers with Special Needs” (10 chapters), “Section 7: Travelers with Special Itineraries” (five chapters), “Section 8: Psychological Aspects of Travel Medicine” (four chapters), “Section 9: Environmental Aspects of Travel Medicine” (eight chapters), “Section 10: Health Problems While Traveling” (five chapters), and “Section

11: Post-Travel selleck chemical Care” (six chapters). There is an appendix titled, “The Body of Knowledge for the Practice of Travel Medicine.” Chapters are consistently presented and

have a number of useful features, including a list of keypoints and references. In addition to the standard features the reader would expect from a comprehensive volume in this field, there are a number of highlights in Travel Medicine, including the authoritative chapters on the epidemiology of travel medicine by Robert Steffen (Chapter 2), the “Sources of Travel Medicine Information” by David Freedman (Chapter 4), and the prevention of travelers’ diarrhea by Charles Ericsson (Chapter 17). There is also a coverage of special issues such as the “Short Term Corporate Traveler” (Chapter 27), the highly topical “Visiting

Friends OSBPL9 and Relatives” (Chapter 29), and “Fear of Flying—Aviophobia” (Chapter 35). There is also an excellent coverage VX809 of the other major psychological issues of travel (Section 8). Although useful, the glossary is a misnomer as it is not a comprehensive dictionary of tropical medicine, but rather a collection of précis of 32 selected common tropical and parasitic diseases. It was disappointing that the special issues of travel insurance and emergency assistance, as well as aviation medicine, don’t rate chapter status; however, aspects of these topics are covered in other chapters. It was probably also a little ambitious to cover the preparation of humanitarian aid workers under “Expatriates” (Chapter 30). Migrant health does not appear to be a special focus of this textbook, although it is allied to travel medicine at international level. Travel Medicine has 83 contributors, primarily from North America and Europe with only three contributors from the rest of the world, two of whom are expatriates. Another recent review suggested that the lack of expert contributors ensured that some chapters “underwhelm” the reader, and the reviewer recommended that an established track record of research or publication in the topic areas covered by the chapters should be integral to the selection criteria for authors.2 Hopefully, this advice is taken onboard by the editorial team, which itself also reflects the limited international scope of the authorship.