Research Catalog

Title

War and public health / edited by Barry S. Levy, Victor W. Sidel.

Publication

New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Levy, Barry S.
• Sidel, Victor W.

Description

xxiii, 486 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

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 minimize these consequences and even help prevent war altogether. 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 organizations 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.

Subject

• War > Medical aspects
• War and society
• Public health
• Public Health
• Warfare
• public health
• Public health
• War and society
• War > Medical aspects
• Bewaffneter Konflikt
• Friedenssicherung
• Gesundheitsschaden
• Krieg
• Medizinische Ethik
• Medizinische Versorgung

Genre/Form

Aufsatzsammlung.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

War and public health: an overview -- The epidemiology of war -- War and human rights -- The impact of war on mental health -- The impact of war on the environment -- Conventional weapons -- Landmines -- Chemical weapons -- Biological weapons -- Nuclear weapons -- The impact of war on children -- The impact of war on women -- Displaced persons and war -- Detainees and the new face of torture -- The Iraq war -- The war in Chechnya -- War in the Democratic Republic of Congo -- Wars in Latin America -- The Vietnam War -- A public health approach to preventing the health consequences of armed conflict -- International law -- The roles of humanitarian assistance organizations -- The roles of nongovernmental organizations -- The roles and ethical dilemmas for military medical care workers -- The roles of health professionals in postconflict situations -- Peacemaking in the aftermath of disasters -- Educating health professionals on peace and human rights -- Toward a culture of peace.

ISBN

• 9780195311181
• 0195311183
• 9780195311273
• 0195311272

LCCN

2007018265

OCLC

• ocn123962958
• 123962958
• SCSB-1503514

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library