Call For Papers: War & Social Medicine, Deadline 5/15/2009
Our on-line journal Social Medicine has issued a call for papers on the theme War and Social Medicine. Dr. Victor Sidel (vsidel@montefiore.org) is serving as guest editor for this issue. The deadline for articles is 5/15/2009. The full call for papers is as follows:
War and militarism are important topics for social medicine theory and practice. As former U.S. President Jimmy Carter writes in his introduction to War and Public Health: “War and militarism have catastrophic effects on human health and well-being. These effects include casualties during war, long-lasting physical and psychological effects on noncombatant adults and children, the reduction of human and financial resources available to meet social needs, and the creation of a climate in which violence is a primary mode of dealing with conflict.”
Relevant topics include the role that the principles and practice of social medicine may play in the prevention of war and in reduction of its health and social consequences, the roles that health workers play in war and its prevention, the impact of war injuries and deaths on the practice of social medicine, and the impact of the diversion of resources to war and militarism from education and training of health workers and from health and social programs.
Authors describing original research, practical applications, or historic information relevant to the theme of this special issue are invited to submit their work in either Spanish or English. We are also interested in audio interviews, photographs and short films describing the daily experience of healthcare workers. Social Medicine is an international, open-access, peer-reviewed academic forum for the development and promotion of Social Medicine. The journal is published quarterly in English & Spanish.
Deadline for submissions for this special edition is May 15, 2009. For more information on this special issue authors should contact guest editor:
Dr Victor Sidel (vsidel@montefiore.org)
General guidelines for submission to the journal are available at www.socialmedicine.info.
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