Over 24 million people have died in these conflicts, and millions more suffered illness and injury. In this volume, leading scholars and practitioners examine the impact of structural, military, and communal violence on health, psychosocial well-being, and health care delivery. By investigating the fields of violence that define our modern world, the authors are able to provide alternative global health paradigms that can be used to develop more effective policies and programs.

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The majority of the authors devote a portion of their chapter to a discussion of what can be done to address structural violence and its impact on health. The editors believe in the need to witness, advocate, [and] expose in the hopes of making even a small difference in perspectives, policies, and ultimately, peoples' health in these times of global violence. This spirit...as presented by some of the leading anthropologists researching health and violence, make this volume a significant contribution to the ever-growing literature on violence studies. --Heidi Bauer-Clapp, Landscapes of Violence (online journal), vol., no. 1, 10/1/2010

[This book] will make an important contribution to the growing field of the anthropology of violence. People will read this volume because of the topic, its timeliness, and the reputation of the participants...it provides very useful and important cases and analyses of structural violence and how it links to individual experience and health. --Tom Leatherman, University of South Carolina

The theoretical discussions and extensive integration with anthropological studies of different kinds of violence in various settings displayed in each chapter make this an ideal choice for graduate courses. Underemphasized in the prologue and epilogue is the theme of hope and health, of resilience in the face of violence both episodic and chronic. Yet this volume is filled with accounts of resilience and resourcefulness. --Jean N. Scandlyn, Medical Anthropology Quarterly, June, 2011
Global Health in Times of Violence is a fantastic book that belongs on the syllabus of every medical anthropology and global health course, particularly those focusing on the social determinants of health.... This book will serve to introduce the next generation of medical anthropologists and those entering careers in global health...to the themes and debates...ideally inspiring them to continue the work of fighting injustice and inequality. --Rachel Irwin, Somatosphere.net, 6/2014

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