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Humanitarian Medicine

Humanitarian Medicine is a compilation of the leading articles in the Journal of Humanitarian Medicine in its first four volumes, December 2000 to December 2004, and marks the Twentieth Anniversary of the Association. It is offered to the international and humanitarian health community.

Edited by S. William A. Gunn and Michele Masellis.

Published in Italy 2005

ISBN:88-902020-0-9
Pages 255

Contents

PREAMBLE

THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR HUMANITARIAN MEDICINE BROCK CHISHOLM	11
Section I - THE FUNDAMENTALS: HUMAN RIGHTS AND HEALTH
Chapter 1 . THE RIGHT TO HEALTH S.W.A. Gunn, MD	15
Chapter 2 . HEALTH AND HUMAN RIGHTS - A PUBLIC HEALTH PERSPECTIVE Gudjon Magnusson, MO, PhD	21
Chapter 3 . HEALTH FOR ALL OR HELL FOR ALL? THE ROLE OF LEADERSHIP IN HEALTH EQUITY Halfdan Mahler, MD	27
Chapter 4 . THE DECLARATION OF ALMA-ATA ON PRIMARY HEALTH CARE	33
Chapter 5 . HEALTH & HUMAN RIGHTS: IN 25 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS Helena Nygren-Krug	37
Chapter 6 . UNITED NATIONS HUMANITARIAN ACTION AND THE ROLE OF NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS Hanifa Mezoui, PhD	61
Section II : HUMANITARIAN MEDICINE
Chapter 7 . HUMANITARIAN MEDICINE: A VISION AND ACTION M. Masellis, MD, S.W.A. Gunn, MD	69
Chapter 8 . ETHICAL PRINCIPLES FOR EVERYONE IN HEALTH CARE C. Rollins Hanlon, MD, FACS	81
Chapter 9 . QUALITY OF LIFE AND MEDICAL PRACTICE Radana Königová	97
Chapter 10 . AN EQUITABLE SOCIETY PROTECTS THE HEALTH OF ITS WEAKEST MEMBERS: WOMEN AND CHILDREN G. Masellis, MD, D. Vezzani, MD, G. Gargano, MD	101
Chapter 11 . HUMANITARIAN MEDICINE APPLIED IN A HIGHLY SPECIALIZED FIELD: CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY Jan T. Christenson, MA, MD, PhD, PD, FETCS	117
Chapter 12 . ON DOCTOR-PATIENT COMMUNICATION... NOUS PARLERONS ENSEMBLE Jean Marie Fonrouge †, MO, LLD	123
Section III : DISASTERS
Chapter 13 . DE L'ACTION HUMANITAIRE DANS LES URGENCES MAJEURES Boutros Boutros-Ghali	135
Chapter 14 . ON MAN-CONCEIVED DISASTERS S.W.A. Gunn, MD, DSc (Hon), MS, FRCSC, Dr. h c	139
Chapter 15 . THE NUCLEAR ISSUE AND PUGWASH Sir Joseph Rotblat, FRS	143
Chapter 16 . AVOIDABLE TRAGEDY POST-CHERNOBYL - A CRITICAL ANALYSIS Rosalie Bertell, PhD, GNSH	155
Chapter 17 . LE DÉSASTRE CANICULAIRE 2003 Xavier Emmanuelli, MD	173
Chapter 18 . PAIX ET SOLIDARITÉ: RÒLE DE LA SOCIÉTÉ CIVILE Hanifa Mezoui, PhD	181
Section IV : INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION
Chapter 19 . TROUVER UNE NOUVELLE UNITÉ Kofi Annan	189
Chapter 20 . HEALTH AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN INTERNATIONAL LEGAL INSTRUMENTS A WHO compilation	193
Chapter 21 . FREEDOM FROM FEAR FOR HUMAN WELL-BEING: THE NEED FOR HUMANITARIAN MEDICINE IN THE PREVENTION OF TORTURE AND THE TREATMENT OF ITS SURVIVORS Jaap A. Walkate†, LLD	197
Chapter 22 . THE CRITICAL NEWS STORIES YOU NEVER READ Shashi Tharoor	209
Section V : SCIENCE, RESEARCH, AND PERSPECTIVES
Chapter 23 . THE ROLE OF SCIENCE TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE: REFLEXIONS ON THE POST-GENOMIC ERA Anthony Piel, LLD	213
Chapter 24 . SCIENCE AND THE HEALTH OF THE POOR Jong-Wook Lee, MD	229
Chapter 25 . THE COST OF NOI DOING HEALTH RESEARCH William C. Gibson, MD, DPhil, FRCPC	233
Chapter 26 . REFLEXIONS ON THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE OF MEDICINE Radana Königová MD	239
Section VI : THE WHO PAGE
Chapter 27 . POVERTY AND DISEASE - HEALTH AND PROSPERITY Joint UN report	245
Chapter 28 . BROCK CHISHOLM - DOCTOR TO THE WORLD Allan Irving - Book review	253
THE AUTHORS	255