| War or Health: A Reader Contributor(s): Taipale, Ilkka (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1856499510 ISBN-13: 9781856499514 Publisher: Zed Books OUR PRICE: $49.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2001 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Essays - Medical | Public Health - Social Science | Violence In Society |
| Dewey: 614 |
| LCCN: 2001017627 |
| Physical Information: 1.52" H x 6.38" W x 9.12" (2.22 lbs) 672 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This comprehensive anthology of 70 specially commissioned essays provides an unusually wide-ranging examination of the connection between warfare and human health. Contributors look at the changing character of wars and their effects on civilization, the medical and health aspects of different types of weapons, the changing roles of health professionals in war. the arms trade, social tensions, the media, theories of violence, and war as a social institution. |