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Humanitarian Medicine

Humanitarian Medicine è una raccolta dei principali articoli apparsi nel Journal of Humanitarian Medicine in occasione del ventesimo anniversario dell’Associazione dal Dicembre 2000 al Dicembre 2004.

Edito da S. William A. Gunn e Michele Masellis

Pubblicato nel 2005 in Italia

ISBN:88-902020-0-9
Pag. 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 Königovà	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 Königovà 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