How is long-distance delivery of health care faring in developing countries? In these 20 articles contributors help practitioners, administrators, policy makers and technical professionals keep track of current ideas and applications. Along with a narrative on the development of a virtual hospital in the Balkans, topics include the art of integrating telemedicine and e-health, what to do and what not to do when establishing telemedicine and e-health facilities, last challenges and barriers, creating telehealth networks from existing infrastructures, satellite technology, changing to a paperless hospital, telemedicine in extreme conditions such as disasters and war, technologies for complex and critical care, intensive care telemedicine, and clinical application s(including neurosciences, primary health care. home health and the new patient, rehabilitation, wounds, pathology, dermatology and oncology. Final articles cover medicine on the Internet and telepresence and telemedicine in trauma and emergency. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
