Peace through health : how health professionals can work for a less violent world / edited by Neil Arya and Joanna Santa Barbara.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Arya, Akshaya Neil, 1962-

Santa Barbara, Joanna, 1943-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical personnel--Professional ethics.

Medical personnel.

Violence--Prevention.

Violence.

War--Health aspects.

War.

Human rights--Health aspects.

Human rights.

Medical ethics.

Peace.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 p.)

Place of Publication:

Sterling, VA : Kumarian Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

We typically define and talk about wars using the language of politics, but what happens when you bring in a doctor's perspective on conflict? Can war be diagnosed like an illness? Can health professionals participate in its mitigation and prevention? The contributors to Peace through Health: How Health Professionals Can Work for a Less Violent World engage with these ground-breaking ideas and describe tools that can further peace once war is understood as a public health problem. The idea of working for peace through the health sector has sparked many innovative programs, described here by over 30 experts familiar with the theory and practice of Peace through Health. They cover topics such as prevention and therapy, program evaluations, medical ethics, activism, medical journals, human rights, and the uses of epidemiology. Those considering careers in medicine and other health and humanitarian disciplines as well as those concerned about the growing presence of militarized violence in the world will value the book's many insights.

Contents:

Title Page; Table of Contents; PART I; 1 - Introduction; 2 - History of Peace Through Health; 3 - Setting the Role of the Health Sector in Context; 4 - Mechanisms of Peace through Health; PART II; 5 - The Health Effects of War; 6 - Future Wars; PART III; 7 - What Values Underlie Our Actions?; 8 - Human Rights; 9 - Medical Ethics; 10 - Respect for Culture; 11 - Speaking Truth to Power; PART IV; 12 - Analyzing a Peace through Health Problem; 13 - Tools for Peace through Health Work; 14 - Dealing with Conflict; 15 - Epidemiology as a Tool for Interdisciplinary Peace and Health Studies; PART V

16 - Primary Prevention17 - Secondary Prevention; 18 - Tertiary Prevention; PART VI; 19 - Evaluation of Peace through Health Initiatives; PART VII; 20 - Expanding the Bounds of Medical Peace Practice; 21 - Social Injustice and the Responsibility of Health-Care Workers; 22 - Living in Harmony with the Earth and with Each Other; PART VIII; 23 - A Role for Emergency Humanitarian Aid Organizations in Peace?; 24 - Students and Peace

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-56549-275-7

OCLC:

476168563