MRSA
Mary E. Williams
eBook
(Greenhaven Press, June 15, 2012)
The Perspectives on Diseases and Disorders series provides clear, careful explanations that offer readers insight into what these conditions are, what causes them, how people live with them, and the latest information about treatment and prevention.; This volume includes an overview of MRSA, including diagnosis, prevention, and current research; a look at controversies surrounding MRSA, including whether or not factory farming has contributed to an increase in MRSA, the spread of MRSA in homosexual populations, and mandatory screening for MRSA in hospital settings; and personal stories of people impacted by MRSA, such as a woman contracting MRSA after a simple surgery and man refusing to go to the hospital for a broken hip because he fears MRSA.; Each volume in this timely series provides essential information on a disease or disorder (including symptoms, causes, treatments and cures); presents the controversies surrounding causes, alternative treatments, and other issues; and offers first-person narratives from people coping with the disease –either as patients, family members or caregivers. Essays are carefully edited and introduced to make them easily accessible to student researchers as well as general readers. All volumes in the series include primary and secondary viewpoints, bibliographies, detailed indexes, and lists of organizations to contact for additional information.