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"Don’t think that if you have read the first edition you don’t need this one. It is, in effect, a completely new book with so much more to offer the patient and healthcare professional and should be required reading.” TB Alert
19/04/08 - The second-edition of The Tuberculosis Survival Handbook was published on World TB Day 2006, by Merit Publishing International. First published in 1999, this new edition has been completely up dated and re-worked. Informative, comprehensive and educational, this book is a truly personal account that will raise awareness worldwide of tuberculosis and Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.
The Tuberculosis Survival Handbook is an engrossing personal story as well as an invaluable source of information for people with TB around the world. Paul Mayho who was cured of Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, offers his firsthand experience with the disease and its treatment descriptions of symptoms, diagnosis, drug therapy and protocols, as well as tips on everything from diet to dealing with psychological effects. While knowledgeable and meticulous, Mayho never talks above the reader’s head, keeping his presentation straight-forward and encouraging.
This book is essenitial for TB sufferers, their friends and loved ones, nurses, clinicians, health centres, Departments and Ministries of Health, and all others with an interest in tuberculosis.
