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War and health : the medical consequences of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan / edited by Catherine Lutz and Andrea Mazzarino.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Anthropologies of American medicinePublisher: New York : New York University Press, [2019]Description: 1 online resource (viii, 269 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 1479805246
  • 9781479805242
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: War and health.DDC classification:
  • 362.109581 23
LOC classification:
  • RA541.A3
NLM classification:
  • WA 11 JA4
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction: The Health Consequences of War; Part I. Afghanistan and Pakistan; 1. Childbirth in the Context of Conflict in Afghanistan; 2. Drone Strikes and Vaccination Campaigns: How the War on Terror Helps Sustain Polio in Afghanistan and Pakistan; 3. Remaining Undone: Heroin in the Time of Serial War; 4. Dignity under Extreme Duress: The Moral and Emotional Landscape of Local Humanitarian Workers in the Afghan-Pakistan Border Areas; Part II. Iraq; 5. War and the Public Health Disaster in Iraq; 6. The Political Capital of War Wounds7. Iraqis' Cancer Itineraries: War, Medical Travel, and Therapeutic Geographies; 8. War and Its Consequences for Cancer Trends and Services in Iraq; Part III. United States; 9. Imagining Military Suicide; 10. Afterwar Work for Life; 11. "It's Not Okay": War's Toll on Health Brought Home to Communities and Environments; Appendix: The Body Count; About the Editors; About the Contributors; Index.
Summary: "War and Health" explores medical consequences of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: The Health Consequences of War; Part I. Afghanistan and Pakistan; 1. Childbirth in the Context of Conflict in Afghanistan; 2. Drone Strikes and Vaccination Campaigns: How the War on Terror Helps Sustain Polio in Afghanistan and Pakistan; 3. Remaining Undone: Heroin in the Time of Serial War; 4. Dignity under Extreme Duress: The Moral and Emotional Landscape of Local Humanitarian Workers in the Afghan-Pakistan Border Areas; Part II. Iraq; 5. War and the Public Health Disaster in Iraq; 6. The Political Capital of War Wounds7. Iraqis' Cancer Itineraries: War, Medical Travel, and Therapeutic Geographies; 8. War and Its Consequences for Cancer Trends and Services in Iraq; Part III. United States; 9. Imagining Military Suicide; 10. Afterwar Work for Life; 11. "It's Not Okay": War's Toll on Health Brought Home to Communities and Environments; Appendix: The Body Count; About the Editors; About the Contributors; Index.

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"War and Health" explores medical consequences of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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