FURTHER READING

(The following list of books might also form the basis of the hospital's medical reference library.)

WOUND MANAGEMENT

Coupland, R.M., The Red Cross wound classification, ICRC, 1991

Coupland, R.M., Amputation for war wounds, ICRC, 1992

Coupland, R.M., War wounds of limbs: Surgical management, Butterworth/Heinemann, 1993

Dufour, D. (ed.), Surgery for victims of war, ICRC, 1988

Gray, R., War wounds: Basic surgical management, ICRC, 1994

King, M. (ed.), Primary Surgery, Vol. 2, “Trauma”, Oxford University Press, 1990

Rowley, D.I., War wounds with fractures: A guide to surgical management, ICRC, 1996

Surgery at the district hospital: Obstetrics, gynaecology, orthopaedics, traumatology, World Health Organization, 1991

ANAESTHESIA

Dobson, M.B., Anaesthesia at the district hospital, World Health Organization, 1988

King, M.(ed.), Primary anaesthesia, Oxford University Press, 1994

LABORATORY

Health laboratory facilities in emergency and disaster situations, World Health Organization, Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, 1994

X-RAY

World Health Organization basic radiological system: Manual of radiographic technique, World Health Organization, 1985

World Health Organization basic radiological system: Manual of darkroom technique, World Health Organization, 1985

TRAINING

Guilbert, J.-J., Educational handbook for health personnel, World Health Organization, Offset Publication No. 35, 1987

Werner, D., Power, B., Helping health workers learn, Macmillan, 1984

Werner, D., Power, B., Where there is no doctor, Macmillan, 1985

NUTRITION

Silk, D.B.A., Nutritional support in hospital practice, Blackwell Scientific Publication, 1983

INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW

Baccino-Astrada, A., Manual on the rights and duties of medical personnel in armed conflict, ICRC/League of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, 1982

OTHER

Perrin, P., War and public health: Handbook on war and public health, ICRC, 1996

Clinical guidelines: Diagnostic and treatment manual, Médecins sans frontières, 1993

Essential drugs: Practical guidelines, Médecins sans frontières, 1993