Problems of medical care on passenger ship (on the basis of the author's own practice).
On the basis of his practice the author presents the problems and various conditions of medical care on passenger ship. The subject of the present analysis are the reasons of the morbidity, a special attention is paid to the prevalence of the diseases affecting respiratory tract, skin, and traumas and accidents--being responsible for 70% of morbid cases. A particular stress was put upon the differences of the characteristic of morbidity in the passengers and crew and to all the states requiring intensive treatment or evacuation. There are reviewed the conditions of the medical services rendered on land and on sea in the Caribbean region as well as economical aspects of medical practice on passenger ships.
Jaremin
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Institute of Maritime and Tropical Medicine Gdynia.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006296:Health Services / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009326:Naval Medicine; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D014195:Travel / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology