Introduction: the health consequences of war / Catherine Lutz, Marcia C. Inhorn, and Andrea Mazzarino -- Afghanistan and Pakistan -- Childbirth in the context of conflict in Afghanistan / Kylea Laina Liese -- Drone strikes and vaccination campaigns : how the war on terror helps sustain polio in Afghanistan and Pakistan / Svea Closser and Noah Coburn -- Remaining undone : heroin in the time of serial war / Anila Daulatzai -- Dignity under extreme duress : the moral and emotional landscape of local humanitarian workers in the Afghan-Pakistan border areas / Patricia Omidian and Catherine Panter-Brick -- Iraq -- War and the public health disaster in Iraq / Scott Harding and Kathryn Libal -- The political capital of war wounds / Ghassan S. Abu-Sittah, -- Iraqis : cancer itineraries : war, medical travel, and therapeutic geographies / Mac Skelton -- War and its consequences for cancer trends and services in Iraq / Layth Mula-Hussain -- United States -- Imagining military suicide / Ken MacLeish -- Afterwar work for life / Zoh. Wool -- "It's not okay" : war's toll on health brought home to communities and environments / Jean Scandlyn and Sarah Hautzinger -- Appendix : the body count / Neta Crawford.
Summary:
"War and Health" explores medical consequences of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Series:
Anthropologies of american medicine : culture, power, and practice
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