War and Public Health

2. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-19-531118-1
Verlag: ACADEMIC

Buch, Englisch, 480 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 928 g

The first comprehensive examination of the relationship between war and public health, this book documents the public health consequences of war and describes what health professionals can do to minimise these consequences. It explores the effects of war on health, human rights, and the environment. The health and environmental impact of both conventional weapons and weapons of mass destruction (nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons) is described in chapters that cover the consequences of their production, testing, maintenance, use, and disposal. Separate chapters cover especially vulnerable populations, such as women, children, and refugees. In-depth descriptions of specific military conflicts, including the Vietnam War, the Persian Gulf War, and wars in Central America provide striking illustrations of the issues covered in other chapters. A series of chapters explores the roles of health professionals and of organisations during war, and in preventing war and its consequences. This revised second edition includes seven new chapters, including one on landmines by the Nobel Prize-winning founding director of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Levy

Levy, Barry S.

Sidel, Victor W.

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Präventivmedizin, Gesundheitsförderung, Medizinisches Screening
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Community Care, Bildung, Freizeit, Freiwilligenarbeit
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Dienste, Soziale Organisationen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Part I: Introduction

- 1: Barry S. Levy and Victor W. Sidel: War and Public Health: An Overview

- Part II: Consequences of War

- 2: Richard Garfield: The Epidemiology of War and Other Collective Forms of Violence

- 3: George J. Annas and H. Jack Geiger: War and Human Rights

- 4: The Impact of War on Mental Health

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- 5: Arthur H. Westing: The Impact of War on the Environment

- Part III: Types of Weapons

- 6: Wendy Cukier: Conventional Weapons

- 7: Landmines