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Concepts and Practice of Humanitarian Medicine
von: S. William A. Gunn, Michele Masellis
Springer-Verlag, 2007
ISBN: 9780387722641 , 324 Seiten
Format: PDF, OL
Kopierschutz: Wasserzeichen
Preis: 82,38 EUR
Preface
6
Acknowledgments
8
Contents
9
The Contributors
13
Preamble
16
The Fundamentals: Human Rights and Health
17
The Right to Health
18
Health and Human Rights—A Public Health Perspective
23
Health for All or Hell for All? The Role of Leadership in Health Equity
28
The Declaration of Alma-Ata on Primary Health Care
33
Health and Human Rights: In 25 Questions and Answers
36
Freedom from Fear for HumanWell-being: The Need for Humanitarian Medicine in the Prevention of Torture and the Treatment of its Survivors
55
Humanitarian Medicine
64
Humanitarian Medicine: A Vision and Action
65
Ethical Principles for Everyone in Health Care
75
Quality of Life and Medical Practice
86
Medical Contributors to Social Progress: A Significant Aspect of Humanitarian Medicine
89
Humanitarian Medicine Applied in a Highly Specialized Field: Cardiovascular Surgery
98
Humanitarian Medicine for a Developing Country: Outreach to Cuba
103
Humanitarian Basic Plastic Surgery
111
International, UN and WHO Cooperation
118
Find New Unity
119
Health and Human Rights in International Legal Instruments
121
The United Nations Today: Changes in Policies and Structures— TheWorld Summit and UN Reform
124
The Critical News Stories You Never Read
132
United Nations Humanitarian Action and the Role of Non- governmental Organizations
134
The UN Founding Fathers and Dr Chisholm
138
Brock Chisholm—Doctor to the World
142
The Language of International Humanitarian Action: A Brief Terminology
144
Disasters and Conflicts
152
Humanitarian Action in Major Emergencies
153
The Humanitarian Postulate in Disaster Management
156
Health and Social Issues of Migrants and Refugees
161
Man-Conceived Disasters
172
The Nuclear Issue and Pugwash
174
Quantifiable Effects of Nuclear Conflict on Health and Society
182
Avoidable Tragedy Post-Chernobyl—A Critical Analysis
191
Science, Research and Perspectives
204
The Role of Science to Improve the Quality of Life: Reflections on the Post- Genomic Era
205
The Ethics of Research: The Responsibility of the Researcher
216
The Cost of Not Doing Health Research
223
Reflections on the Past, Present and Future of Medicine
228
Scientists, Doctors and the Nuclear Dilemma
231
Serving the Global Community Through eHealth: The Role of Academia
234
Society, Health and Equity
242
The Humanization of Medicine—A Religious Viewpoint
243
Urban Social Exclusion—The Samusocial Response
248
Social and Medical Progress Through Patient Education in Chronic Diseases
254
An Equitable Society Protects the Health of its Weakest Members: Women and Children
263
The Humanitarian Force of the UN Millennium Development Goals
275
Science and the Health of the Poor
283
Poverty and Disease—Health and Prosperity
286
The Editors
292
Index
293
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