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Peace through Health : How Health Professionals Can Work for a Less Violent World / ed. by Joanna Santa Barbara, Neil Arya.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2008]Description: 1 online resource (340 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781565492752
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 174.2
LOC classification:
  • R725.5
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- PART I Basic Concepts in Peace through Health -- 1 Introduction -- 2 History of Peace through Health -- 3 Setting the Role of the Health Sector in Context: Multi-track Peacework -- 4 Mechanisms of Peace through Health -- PART II War and Its Impact on Human Health -- 5 The Health Effects of War -- 6 Future Wars -- PART III Values and Ethics in Peace through Health -- 7 What Values Underlie Our Actions? -- 8 Human Rights -- 9 Medical Ethics -- 10 Respect for Culture -- 11 Speaking Truth to Power: Acting on Values, Ethics, and Rights in South Africa -- PART IV Preparing to Act on Peace through Health -- 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 Case Studies -- 16 Primary Prevention -- 17 Secondary Prevention -- 18 Tertiary Prevention -- 19 Evaluation of Peace through Health Initiatives -- PART VII Expanding the Bounds of Peace through Health -- 20 Expanding the Bounds of Medical Peace Practice -- 21 Social Injustice and the Responsibility of Health-Care Workers: Observation, Assessment, Action -- 22 Living in Harmony with the Earth and with Each Other -- PART VIII Special Topics -- 23 A Role for Emergency Humanitarian Aid Organizations in Peace? -- 24 Students and Peace through Health: Education, Projects, and Theory -- 25 Technology and Activism -- 26 Educating Health Professionals in Peace -- CONCLUSION -- 27 Looking Ahead -- Index -- About the Contributors
Summary: The idea of working for peace through the health sector has sparked many innovative programs, described expertly and accessibly in Peace Through Health by professionals in the field.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- PART I Basic Concepts in Peace through Health -- 1 Introduction -- 2 History of Peace through Health -- 3 Setting the Role of the Health Sector in Context: Multi-track Peacework -- 4 Mechanisms of Peace through Health -- PART II War and Its Impact on Human Health -- 5 The Health Effects of War -- 6 Future Wars -- PART III Values and Ethics in Peace through Health -- 7 What Values Underlie Our Actions? -- 8 Human Rights -- 9 Medical Ethics -- 10 Respect for Culture -- 11 Speaking Truth to Power: Acting on Values, Ethics, and Rights in South Africa -- PART IV Preparing to Act on Peace through Health -- 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 Case Studies -- 16 Primary Prevention -- 17 Secondary Prevention -- 18 Tertiary Prevention -- 19 Evaluation of Peace through Health Initiatives -- PART VII Expanding the Bounds of Peace through Health -- 20 Expanding the Bounds of Medical Peace Practice -- 21 Social Injustice and the Responsibility of Health-Care Workers: Observation, Assessment, Action -- 22 Living in Harmony with the Earth and with Each Other -- PART VIII Special Topics -- 23 A Role for Emergency Humanitarian Aid Organizations in Peace? -- 24 Students and Peace through Health: Education, Projects, and Theory -- 25 Technology and Activism -- 26 Educating Health Professionals in Peace -- CONCLUSION -- 27 Looking Ahead -- Index -- About the Contributors

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The idea of working for peace through the health sector has sparked many innovative programs, described expertly and accessibly in Peace Through Health by professionals in the field.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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