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Pre- and Post-Travel Medical Consultations

In: Tourist Health, Safety and Wellbeing in the New Normal

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  • Deborah J. Mills

    (Dr Deb The Travel Doctor)

  • Lani Ramsey

    (Travel-Bug Vaccination Clinic)

  • Luis Furuya-Kanamori

    (Australian National University)

Abstract

This chapter reviews the main topics that should be covered in a pre-travel medical consultation, noting that what the traveller might think is important may not necessarily correspond to what is needed for the best protection of their health and wellbeing during the journey. Pre-departure travel medicine excellence is not just knowing which vaccine is required, but also planning how best they can be administered and recorded, how to encourage safer health behaviours, advising on medical supplies, and gathering the evidence for constant improvement in outcomes for all types of travellers. We also describe the main travel-related illnesses that a health provider may encounter during a post-travel consultation. The cessation of most international travel, resulting from worldwide measures to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, presents particular challenges to travel medicine providers, especially those more specialised. In this chapter, we also discuss how the requirements of the new normal may impact pre- and post-travel medical consultations.

Suggested Citation

  • Deborah J. Mills & Lani Ramsey & Luis Furuya-Kanamori, 2021. "Pre- and Post-Travel Medical Consultations," Springer Books, in: Jeff Wilks & Donna Pendergast & Peter A. Leggat & Damian Morgan (ed.), Tourist Health, Safety and Wellbeing in the New Normal, pages 47-69, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-981-16-5415-2_3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-5415-2_3
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