Critical Condition: Human Health and the Environment : A Report by Physicians for Social Responsibility - Hardcover
American Medical Writers Association (AMWA) Medical Book Award, 1993.
For the first time in human history we are altering the basic physiology of the planet, yet until now there has been no single source that summarizes the medical consequences of this environmental crisis for human beings. Critical Condition provides a comprehensive, easy-to-follow review of this most critical and yet most neglected subject in the environmental debate. It brings together the best medical information available about global environmental degradation, including the effects on human health of war and military preparation, global warming, ozone depletion, species extinction, and loss of biodiversity - matters that are generally not addressed in the literature of environmental health.
Underlying these contributions are three major themes: that the habitat is an important determinant of human health, that prevention of human illness must involve protection of the environment and preservation of ecosystems, and that well-informed physicians can and should communicate with the public and policy makers about environmental hazards.
Eric Chivian, Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Psychiatrist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was a co-founder of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, recipient of the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize. Michael McCally is Lecturer in Medicine at the Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago. Howard Hu is Assistant Professor of Environmental Health at the Harvard School of Public Health. Andrew Haines is Professor and Head of the Department of Primary Health Care at University College London Medical School.
For the first time in human history we are altering the basic physiology of the planet, yet until now there has been no single source that summarizes the medical consequences of this environmental crisis for human beings. Critical Condition provides a comprehensive, easy-to-follow review of this most critical and yet most neglected subject in the environmental debate. It brings together the best medical information available about global environmental degradation, including the effects on human health of war and military preparation, global warming, ozone depletion, species extinction, and loss of biodiversity - matters that are generally not addressed in the literature of environmental health.
Underlying these contributions are three major themes: that the habitat is an important determinant of human health, that prevention of human illness must involve protection of the environment and preservation of ecosystems, and that well-informed physicians can and should communicate with the public and policy makers about environmental hazards.
Eric Chivian, Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Psychiatrist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was a co-founder of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, recipient of the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize. Michael McCally is Lecturer in Medicine at the Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago. Howard Hu is Assistant Professor of Environmental Health at the Harvard School of Public Health. Andrew Haines is Professor and Head of the Department of Primary Health Care at University College London Medical School.
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Michael McCally is Professor, Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland.
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The most fascinating statistic presented in this collection of articles written by subject specialists is that "more that 90 million persons are added to the global population each year--roughly the population of Mexico." This is among many interesting facts concerning the environment and its impact on human health. Each chapter is extensively researched and supported with facts from the current literature. Recent events like the Gulf War are evaluated for their environmental impact on human health. Though the book is directed at both the environmentally aware lay reader and the physician, the recommendation on treating and combating the environmental health hazard that concludes each chapter is directed to the latter only. For large public, academic, and environmental libraries.
- Jeanine McAdam, Mt. Sinai Medical Ctr. Lib., New York
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
- Jeanine McAdam, Mt. Sinai Medical Ctr. Lib., New York
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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- PublisherMit Pr
- Publication date1993
- ISBN 10 0262032120
- ISBN 13 9780262032124
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages256
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