War and Health : : The Medical Consequences of the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan / / ed. by Andrea Mazzarino, Catherine Lutz.
Provides a detailed look at how war affects human life and health far beyond the battlefield Since 2010, a team of activists, social scientists, and physicians have monitored the lives lost as a result of the US wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan through an initiative called the Costs of War Pr...
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Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2019] ©2019 |
Year of Publication: | 2019 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Anthropologies of American Medicine: Culture, Power, and Practice ;
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- 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 Wounds
- 7 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