The Myths of Food and Water

January , 2010/in Disease, Parasites, Survival, Travel Medicine/by WMN Editors

January/February 2010 ISBN-1059-6518 Volume 23 Number 5

The Myths of Food and Water

By Frank Hubbell, DO

If you read the travel log on our medical missions trip to Haiti, you probably noticed that towards the end of the trip we made a mistake and ate a “mystery meat” sandwich on the bus ride across the Dominican Republic. This was a big mistake. With that in mind I thought it would be very appropriate to review the rules of dining out in a developing nation.

SOLO International

May , 2009/in Medical Response, Rescue Training, Teaching Wilderness Medicine, Travel Medicine/by WMN Editors

May/June 2009 ISSN-1059-6518 Volume 22 Number 3

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The Risk of Caring

November , 2007/in Travel Medicine/by WMN Editors

Since its conception 20 years ago, the Wilderness Medicine Newsletter has tended to concentrate on the world of providing care in the wilderness and extended care environments. But, our view of the world is expanding. There are many individuals and organizations outside of the traditional wilderness medicine community for whom this information is also relevant—who may find themselves in locales where the access to medical care can be delayed or even nonexistent.

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