This handbook consists of 24 papers addressing various aspects on health care and health care systems and services for foreign students from the Asia Pacific Region. The papers are: "Providing Health Care for International Students" (Donald F. B. Char); "Major Health Care Systems in Asia and the Pacific: Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong" (Julia J. Tsuei); "The Health Care System of Korea" (Chai Bin Park); "Characteristics of Burma's Medical/Health Care System" (Burmese students in Hawaii); "Tips on Health Care for Indochinese Students" (An T. Nguyen); "Health Care in the Cultural System of Indonesia" (Agus Suwandono); "Malaysian Health and Cultural Beliefs" (Farida H. Che Din); "The Student from the Phillipines" (Divina A. R. Telan-Robillard); "Health and Culture in Thailand" (Chamnan Prasertchoung); "Health Care for Micronesia Students" (Donald H. Rubinstein); "The Health Care System of Papua New Guinea" (Georgeda Buchbinder); "The American Health Care System: Its Organization and Operation" (Robert E. Mytinger); "Preventive Assistance and Health Care" (Nancy Stockhert); "Counseling Asian and Pacific Island Students" (Nancy Stockhert; June Naughton); "Nutrition" (Jan Pachelbel); "Sexuality and Sexual Harassment" (Nancy Stockhert); "Academic Problems" (June Naughton); and, "Crisis Information" (June Naughton). Appendices include a checklist for foreign student advisers handling death-related events for international students/scholars, 46 chapter references, and an evaluation form requesting comments and suggestions about the handbook. (LPT)