War or Health: A Reader

ISBN 10: 1856499510 / ISBN 13: 9781856499514

Published by Zed Books, 2001

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: War or Health: A Reader
• Publisher: Zed Books
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1856499510
• ISBN 13: 9781856499514
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This major new reader has been put together by Physicians for Social Responsibility in Finland, a member of IPPNW, the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, the recipient of the Nobel Prize in 1985. Comprising 70 articles, specially commissioned for this volume and written by leading authorities in their field, it provides an unusually wide-ranging examination of the interface between warfare and human health and society.

In a world where the post-cold war era has proved a profound disappointment as regards any diminution in the incidence of armed conflict, this up-to-date and comprehensive source book will prove invaluable to health professionals and social scientists as well as those active in human rights, peace and development.

About the Author

This book has been put together as a major international initiative by the Finnish chapter of IPPNW (International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War; now called Physicians for Social Responsibility). The Editor, Dr Ilkka Taipale, has had a long and distinguished career as a doctor, politician and peace activist He is the author of many books in Finnish on peace and war, social medicine and psychiatry. He is a former executive board member of the International Peace Bureau and has also served as Director General of the Peace Union of Finland. Between 1971 and 1975, he served as an MP and was re-elected to the Finnish Parliament in 2000.