This Rough Guide is the definitive health handbook, wherever you're travelling. Fully updated features include:
• Pre-trip planning, with advice on immunizations, medical kits, travel by air and tips for travellers with specific needs.
• An A-Z of potential problems and treatments, including homeopathy, herbal medicine and other complementary therapies.
• The complete lowdown on health risks and vaccinations worldwide, plus comprehensive listings of international travel resources, websites and clinics.
• Safety tips for active travel – skiing, scuba diving, climbing – together with a handy section on first aid.
• Some time, somewhere, you'll need this book – don't leave home without it. |
What The Press Say
Whenever and wherever you’re headed, The Rough Guide to Travel Health is essential reading before you set off, as well as a handy addition to your suitcase. A very readable guide, it’s packed full of practical advice, with additional information for those with specific needs, like the elderly and pregnant women. - Scottish Sunday Post An invaluable family companion. Small enough for the first-aid box, it is large enough to cover all calamities. It suggests treatments for more afflictions than you knew existed — including homeopathic and conventional potions. Should sort our skating blisters and toboggan bruises, too. - Sunday Times Little, but loaded with tips on staying healthy on the road, The Rough Guide to Travel Health is a uniquely comprehensive, smart and totable tool for globe-trotters. - National Geographic Traveler Whether you’re heading for long-haul winter sunshine or just a quick city break, this comprehensive guide gives you all the info you need to make sure you don’t come back with any unpleasant souvenirs. - Men’s Health |