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When There Is No Doctor : Preventive and Emergency Healthcare in Uncertain Times.
Title:
When There Is No Doctor : Preventive and Emergency Healthcare in Uncertain Times.
Author:
Doyle, Gerard S.
ISBN:
9781934170229
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (200 pages)
Series:
Process Self-reliance Series
Contents:
Epigraph -- Title Page -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- [CHAPTER 1] - Our Situation -- Where We Are, How We Got Here, Where We May Be Headed -- Where We Should Be Going -- [CHAPTER 2] - Preparation -- Make Your Body Ready -- Functional Fitness for a Crash -- Healthy Habits Before Gridcrash -- Nutritional Optimization of Health Prior to a Crash -- Make Your Mind Ready -- Credentials vs. Competencies -- Acquiring Knowledge and Skills -- Medical Auxiliary Model for Sustainable Health care -- Non-traditional Approaches -- The Village University: Learning the Skills You Need -- Make Your Spirit Ready -- Traits of Survivors -- Your Psychological Survival Kit -- [CHAPTER 3] - Planning -- Planning -- First Aid Kits -- Medication Issues -- Sickrooms: A Relic of the Past You Should Consider -- Special Needs Populations -- Planning for Your Pets -- Neighborhood and Community Analysis: Medical Threat Assessments -- Suggested First Aid Kit Items -- [CHAPTER 4] - Preventive Medicine -- Preventive Medicine: Protecting Health When There Is No Doctor -- Infection Control -- A Show of Hands, Please -- Hot Hand, Cold Hand -- Don't Be Coughy -- Protect Yourself -- Let the Sun Shine -- A Breath of Fresh Air -- Keep to Yourself -- Whaddya Gonna Do with All That Junk? -- Bring Out Your Dead! -- Injury Prevention -- Disease Management -- Health Management -- Doing It on the Cheap -- [CHAPTER 5] - Medicine When There Is No Doctor -- Medicine When There Is No Doctor -- Prisons: Models for Sustainable Communities? -- Ships: A Guide for Your Medical Lifeboat? -- Medicines for Your Lifeboat -- Stuff: What to Have for When There Is No Doctor! -- Prisoners of War: The Triumph of Improvised Medicine -- Medicines from Nature: The Original Sustainable Medicine -- Improvised Medicine: When Nothing Else Is Available -- [CHAPTER 6] - Ethics When There Is No Doctor.

Ethics When There Is No Doctor -- An Ethic of Sustainability -- Triage -- Security Concerns -- Death and Dying During Very Hard Times -- [CHAPTER 7] - Conclusion -- Resources -- Survival Supplies -- References -- Index -- About the Author -- Copyright Page.
Abstract:
A practical guide to twenty-first century home medicine, especially helpful during a financial downturn.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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