Renan Rangel Bonamigo - Dermatology in Public Health Environments: A Comprehensive Textbook

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The invitation to present Dermatology in Public Health Environments is certainly among the most honorable in the almost 30 years I devoted to public health dermatology. Having known the organizers for long time, I am sure that, in addition to the search for updated knowledge, high scientific rigor, and careful selection of experienced practicing professionals for writing the chapters, it was a work of love for my fellow beings.

Dermatologic conditions are among the most frequent reasons for the seeking health care. They produce suffering, low quality of life, and overburden of services. They also generate direct and indirect high costs. Access to health services is difficult in middle- and low-income countries, but even in industrialized countries access is far from ideal. A less than optimal approach, which is common especially in primary care services, increases costs and complications.

I am certain that this fully illustrated textbook will be very useful for doctors, nurses, psychologists, and physiotherapists, whether they are in training or full professional activity. The multidisciplinary approach reveals the concern for comprehensive care in outpatient clinics, aiming at improving care and reducing costs. Public health concepts that are not always available to clinically active professionals are innovatively presented in part I. Parts II to VI include in-depth information on different dermatologic conditions, and part VII on systemic diseases with frequent dermatologic manifestations. Practical and helpful is the section on signs and symptoms (part IX). Also innovative is part VIII, which covers emerging issues related with environmental problems and those arising from various human activities.

I reiterate my confidence in the importance of Dermatology in Public Health Environments ( Bonamigo RR and Dornelles SIT editors ), and I am sure that both professionals and patients will be grateful for this great endeavor carried out with excellence.

Publishing a Dermatology book with an emphasis on public health has a great meaning: it demonstrates that the health of a population is intrinsically related to the social conditions into which it is inserted.

Dermatology is a specialty of daily human suffering, and we consider that each professional involved in care can act to minimize this. Furthermore, it is essential that managers of health systems acquire knowledge of the epidemiologic characteristics of the main dermatologic diseases.

We hope that this book will be useful to students and professionals who are interested in understanding patients with a dermatologic problem and, within academic, scientific, and ethical high precepts, seek to help; and that it is also useful for understanding the multiple relationships that exist between public health and the environment, socioeconomic conditions, and priorities determined by governments and nations.

Completion of this work would not have been possible without concepts highly valued in public health: collaboration, sharing, and collective construction. Thus, we acknowledge the dedicated and competent work of all authors and co-authors as well as the Dermatology services that provided images from their files. It is also important to highlight the key role played by Susan Westendorf (Springer) and Gabriel Pires in assisting to resolve the various issues that arose throughout the publishing process. In addition, I would like to thank Daniela, Francisco, Pedro, Ademar and Yuara for their love and encouragement. Special thanks to Professor Lucio Bakos for the academic example.

This book is for all those who dedicate their professional lives to Public Health and, to represent them, I dedicate it especially to Yuara T. Rangel Bonamigo, a Brazilian nurse who worked in Public Health for many years, as an actual humanistic reference.

Public health are words that elicit the art and science of preventing disease, prolonging life, enabling health and physical and mental efficiency through the communitys organized endeavor. This book results from one idea and the opportunity to make available to health care teams an enriching material to help increase the knowledge of dermatologic diseases affecting the population, by aiming higher than the characteristics that help diagnosis, prevention, and treatment. Some chapters in this book address a series of appropriate measures to develop a social structure that possibly provides all social individuals with necessary health care. This team work by Springer, the editors, and authors certifies health accomplishments that enable an outstanding level of knowledge in Dermatology.