Short description:

This book covers all liver diseases, with a comprehensive focus on different levels of prevention with well-defined interventions provides an edge to this book. The contents specifically focus on key measures that can prevent the development of liver diseases or delay the progression and complication of chronic liver diseases.

Long description:

Almost all major liver diseases like viral hepatitis (A?E), non-alcoholic fatty liver diseases (NAFLDs), and alcoholic liver diseases (ALDs) are preventable, which highlights the significance and need for a book dedicated to a preventive approach to liver diseases. Covering all liver diseases, with a comprehensive focus on different levels of prevention (primordial, primary, secondary, and tertiary) and with well-defined interventions provides an edge to this book. The contents, which specifically focus on key measures that can prevent the development of liver diseases or delay the progression and complication of chronic liver diseases, are useful for medical students and clinicians.

Key Features:

• Focuses on understanding and practicing preventive measures that help in lowering the risks of liver disease development, further preventing the need for specialized care, liver transplantation, and significantly reducing morbidity and mortality due to liver diseases


• Provides details on promotive, preventive, diagnostic, curative, and rehabilitative services for liver diseases, helpful to hepatologists, gastroenterologists, and students of medicine


• Highlights the need for the integration of services with other diseases and within the existing healthcare infrastructure

Table of Contents:

1. Preventive Hepatology: Need and Vision. 2. Burden of Liver Diseases: morbidity and mortality profile. 3. Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Prevention and Control. 4. Alcoholic Liver Diseases: Prevention and Control. 5.Hepatitis B: Prevention and Control. 6. Hepatitis C: Prevention and Control. 7. Hepatitis A and E: Prevention and Control. 8. Liver Cancer: Prevention and Control. 9. Preventive strategies for Drug induced Liver Injury (DILI). 10. Preventive strategies for Pediatric Liver Diseases. 11. Service Delivery Framework for Preventive Hepatology. 12. Preventive Hepatology Clinics: Facility based and population based Approach. 13. Artificial Intelligence in prevention and control of Liver Diseases. 14. Role of Primary Care Physicians in prevention and control of liver diseases. 15. Role of Nurses in prevention and control of liver diseases. 16. Nutrition in Prevention and Control of Liver Diseases. 17. Genetics in Liver Diseases