Medicine and warPub Date : 1992-10-01DOI: 10.1080/07488009208409057
G Prins
{"title":"Public medicine and global security: the challenge and the opportunities.","authors":"G Prins","doi":"10.1080/07488009208409057","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07488009208409057","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The new discipline of Global Security Studies is defined as the consideration of transnational issues with global implications that can only be solved by collaborative endeavour. There is a need for new thinking leading to actions for a sustainable future. An analogy is drawn with the preventive activities of public health medicine, and the opportunities presented to Medical Action for Global Security are examined.</p>","PeriodicalId":77260,"journal":{"name":"Medicine and war","volume":"8 4","pages":"241-58"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/07488009208409057","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12654232","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Medicine and warPub Date : 1992-10-01DOI: 10.1080/07488009208409062
I L Doucet
{"title":"Psychoanalysis, child abuse and war.","authors":"I L Doucet","doi":"10.1080/07488009208409062","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07488009208409062","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77260,"journal":{"name":"Medicine and war","volume":"8 4","pages":"282-93"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/07488009208409062","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12654234","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Medicine and warPub Date : 1992-10-01DOI: 10.1080/07488009208409064
D O'Neill
{"title":"Some thoughts on influencing.","authors":"D O'Neill","doi":"10.1080/07488009208409064","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07488009208409064","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77260,"journal":{"name":"Medicine and war","volume":"8 4","pages":"302-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/07488009208409064","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12654238","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Medicine and warPub Date : 1992-10-01DOI: 10.1080/07488009208409063
I L Doucet
{"title":"Implications of demographic change.","authors":"I L Doucet","doi":"10.1080/07488009208409063","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07488009208409063","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77260,"journal":{"name":"Medicine and war","volume":"8 4","pages":"294-301"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/07488009208409063","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12654236","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Medicine and warPub Date : 1992-07-01DOI: 10.1080/07488009208409046
D Holdstock
{"title":"Medical Action for Global Security (MEDACT).","authors":"D Holdstock","doi":"10.1080/07488009208409046","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07488009208409046","url":null,"abstract":"The Inaugural Conference of MEDACT was held on 4 April 1992 at Regents College, London, with the theme of A New Vision of Security, under the Presidency of Sir Raymond Hoffenberg.","PeriodicalId":77260,"journal":{"name":"Medicine and war","volume":"8 3","pages":"200-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/07488009208409046","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12577497","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Medicine and warPub Date : 1992-07-01DOI: 10.1080/07488009208409042
C Gorst-Unsworth
{"title":"Adaptation after torture: some thoughts on the long-term effects of surviving a repressive regime.","authors":"C Gorst-Unsworth","doi":"10.1080/07488009208409042","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07488009208409042","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The long-term problems of refugee survivors of organized violence are considered. A case example is described in order to illustrate the complexity of factors that contribute to the psychological well-being and social adaptation of such a survivor. The limitations of the classic diagnostic approaches are discussed. It is suggested that measures of social function can be more helpful than a description of symptoms, and should be included in the concept of PTSD, in order to increase the usefulness of this diagnosis in relation to severe and chronic trauma.</p>","PeriodicalId":77260,"journal":{"name":"Medicine and war","volume":"8 3","pages":"164-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/07488009208409042","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12578329","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Medicine and warPub Date : 1992-07-01DOI: 10.1080/07488009208409043
E J Shellard
{"title":"Health services in Vietnam.","authors":"E J Shellard","doi":"10.1080/07488009208409043","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07488009208409043","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This paper reviews the existing health services in Vietnam against the background of 50 years of wars with Japan, France, the United States and neighbouring countries, leaving a devastated economy and thousands of war-wounded, prostitutes, drug addicts and orphans. Defoliation has affected soil fertility and caused miscarriages, stillbirths and deformities. Unexploded bombs still blow off peasants' legs. The prevalence of malaria is increased by the many bomb craters where mosquitoes breed in stagnant water. Superstitions in some ethnic groups contribute to childhood malnutrition. A system is being developed of large provincial hospitals, 100-bed district hospitals and village clinics, incorporating traditional medicine. These are well staffed but poorly equipped. Modern medical and surgical equipment and medicines are urgently needed, but will have to be provided by humanitarian aid until trade links are restored.</p>","PeriodicalId":77260,"journal":{"name":"Medicine and war","volume":"8 3","pages":"169-74"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/07488009208409043","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12577501","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Medicine and warPub Date : 1992-07-01DOI: 10.1080/07488009208409041
P J Bracken, J E Giller, S Kabaganda
{"title":"Helping victims of violence in Uganda.","authors":"P J Bracken, J E Giller, S Kabaganda","doi":"10.1080/07488009208409041","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07488009208409041","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We report on a project to assist victims of war and violence in Uganda. The original aim of this project, set up by the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture, was to establish a centre for the assessment and treatment of torture victims who had suffered during previous regimes in that country. We found, however, that a specialist centre was not the most appropriate response in a country like Uganda. We argue for the need to respect local initiatives and systems of support and against the notion that there is a single model of care which is universally relevant. Following much investigation and involvement with local personnel, we have developed a programme of training and discussion for health workers, and a service to reach the many women who have suffered rape, and whose suffering has continued, largely ignored.</p>","PeriodicalId":77260,"journal":{"name":"Medicine and war","volume":"8 3","pages":"155-63"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/07488009208409041","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12578328","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Medicine and warPub Date : 1992-07-01DOI: 10.1080/07488009208409044
A Bergström
{"title":"The nuclear issue in Swedish schools.","authors":"A Bergström","doi":"10.1080/07488009208409044","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07488009208409044","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Sweden is almost unique in that its government through its foreign office gave financial support to a carefully thought out proposal from Svenska Läkare Mot Kärnvapen (Swedish Physicians against Nuclear Weapons) for a youth education project on the nuclear issue. The Swedish Board of Education has agreed to provide: 1. In-service training for teachers on current affairs; 2. Up-to-date teaching resources and materials, such as the booklet, Facts and Reflections on Nuclear Weapons; 3. A curriculum stating that education on nuclear and other environment issues should not be a special subject but should be involved in many school activities-for example the learning of foreign languages, biology, physics, science and even physical education. The Board's recommendations have been sent to every Swedish school, together with the booklet, but each school decides for itself whether or not to implement them. However, some teachers do some education on the nuclear issue in most Swedish schools.</p>","PeriodicalId":77260,"journal":{"name":"Medicine and war","volume":"8 3","pages":"175-84"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/07488009208409044","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12577494","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}