Reading list 2006

The syllabus contains some obligatory readings of about 500 pages. Additional articles from which each student has to choose another 500 pages is provided on this web site as optional reading.

Be aware that the links sometimes lead to big reports, from which we have selected just a few pages for the syllabus!

1. Introduction to Peace, Health and Medical Work Galtung J. "Health as a Bridge for Peace" in the context of humanitarian action in complex emergency situations. Honolulu; 1997. http://www.humanities.mcmaster.ca/peace-health/Conf2001/galt97.pdf Jenssen C. Medicine against War: An Historical Review of the Anti-War Activities of Physicians. In: War or Health? A Reader. Edited by Taipale I, Mäkelä PH, Juva K, et al. London & New York: Zed Books; 2002:7-29. Krug EG, Dahlberg LL, Mercy JA, Zwi AB, Lozano R. World report on violence and health (Abstract). Geneva: WHO; 2002. http://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/violence/world_report/en/ abstract_en.pdf Santa Barbara J. Medicine as a bridge to peace. Croatian Medical Journal 2004,45:109-110. http://www.cmj.hr/2004/45/1/14968464.pdf Optional reading 1: Bateman C., Baker T., et al. Bringing global issues to medical teaching.[see comment]. Lancet 2001,358:1539-1542. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=MImg&_imagekey=B6T1B-44CHTMT-16- 1&_cdi=4886&_user=596705&_orig=search&_coverDate=11%2F03%2F2001&_qd=1& _sk=996410707&view=c&wchp=dGLbVlz- zSkzV&md5=bab16dcf8629d2c0b1e6c9788e41ef5a&ie=/sdarticle.pdf Murray C.J., King G., et al. Armed conflict as a public health problem. BMJ 2002,324:346-349. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=27&did=110125187&SrchMode=3&sid=2&Fmt =6&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1105138421&clientId =21127&aid=1 Peters M.A.e. A Health-to-Peace Handbook. Hamilton; 1996. (accessed: 2003-05-13) http://www.jha.ac/Ref/r005.htm Yusuf S., Anand S., et al. Can medicine prevent war? Imaginative thinking shows that it might. BMJ 1998,317:1669-1670. http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/reprint/317/7174/1669

2. Medical assets for peace and conflict work Bush K. Polio, war and peace. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2000,78:281-282. http://www.who.int/docstore/bulletin/pdf/2000/issue3/bu0424.pdf Connolly MA, Heymann D. Deadly comrades: war and infectious diseases. The Lancet 2002,360:s23-24. Guha-Sapir D, van Panhuis WG. Armed Conflict and Public Health: A report on knowledge and knowledge gaps. Brussels : CRED; 2002: 37-43 (Chapter 3) http://www.cred.be/docs/cred/publications/rocpressweb.pdf   Levy BS. Health and peace. Croatian Medical Journal 2002,43:114-116. http://www.cmj.hr/2002/43/2/11885034.pdf Santa Barbara J, MacQueen G. Peace through health: key concepts. The Lancet 2004,364:384-385. Optional reading 2: Carballo M, Mansfield C, Prokop M. Demobilization and its Implications for HIV/AIDS. In. Edited by International Centre for Migration and Health I. Geneva ; 2000. http://www.certi.org/publications/policy/demobilization-6.PDF Connolly MA, Heymann D. Deadly comrades: war and infectious diseases. The Lancet 2002,360:s23-24. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=8&did=272145011&SrchMode=3&sid=1&Fmt= 6&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1105376950&clientId= 21127&aid=1 Waldman RJ. Public health in times of war and famine: what can be done? What should be done? JAMA 2001,286:588-590. http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/reprint/286/5/588.pdf Recommended fiction: Bulgakov M. A country doctor's notebook. London : Collins; 1975. Camus A. Pesten ("The plague"). Oslo : Den norske bokklubben; 1995. Ibsen H. En Folkefiende: Skuespil i fem Akter ("An enemy of the people: play in five acts"). København: Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag; 1882. Lagerkvist P. Dvergen ("The dwarf"). Oslo: Den norske bokklubben; 1995. Le Carré J. The constant gardener : a novel. New York: Scribner; 2001. Mann T. Der Tod in Venedig ("Death in Venice"). Ungekürzte Ausg. ed. Frankfurt am Main: Fischer; 1992. Mann T. Der Zauberberg ("The Magic Mountain"). Frankfurt: Fischer; 1981. Suttner B.v. Die Waffen nieder ("Disarm! Disarm!"). Hamburg: Knaur; 1985. Second book of Moses (The exodus 2). In: Old Testament.

3. Non-violent communication Rosenberg M.B. Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life. 2nd ed. Encinitas , CA : Puddle Dancer Press; 2003: 1-12 (Chapter 1) http://www.nonviolentcommunication.com/books/pdf/2a_nvc_chapterone. pdf Optional reading 3: Rosenberg M.B. Speak peace in a world of conflict: What you say next will change your world. Encinitas, CA: Puddle Dancer Press; 2005.

4. Health for all Alma Ata Declaration (1978) http://www.euro.who.int/AboutWHO/Policy/20010827_1 Ottawa Charter For Health Promotion (1986)             http://www.euro.who.int/AboutWHO/Policy/20010827_2 Benatar S. Global disparities in health and human rights: a critical commentary. Am J Public Health 1998,88:295-300. Gruskin S, Mann J, Annas GJ, et al. Health and Human Rights: A Call to Action on the 50th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. JAMA 1998,280:462-464. Laaser U, Donev D, Bjegovic V, Sarolli Y. Public health and peace. Croatian Medical Journal 2002,43:107-113. http://www.cmj.hr/2002/43/2/11885033.pdf Optional reading 4: People’s Health Charter http://phmovement.org/charter/pch-english.html Universal Declaration of Human Rights http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html Leaning J. Human Rights and Medical Education: Why every medical student should learn the Universal Declaration of Humen Rights. BMJ 1997,315:1390-1391. http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/315/7120/1390 Mann JM. The Future of the Global Physicians Movement. Medicine and Global Survival 1997. http://www.ippnw.org/MGS/V4Mann.html Marmot M. Social determinants of health inequalities. Lancet 2005,365:1099-1104. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=2&did=814699361&SrchMode=1&sid=1&Fmt= 6&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1144772005&clientId= 21127 Somerville M. Making health, not war--musings on global disparities in health and human rights: a critical commentary by Solomon R. Benatar. Am J Public Health 1998,88:301-303. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=27&did=26901132&SrchMode=3&sid=3&Fmt= 6&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1105126242&clientId= 21127&aid=2 Stewart F, Holdstock D, Jarquin A. Root causes of violent conflict in developing countries  Commentary: Conflict---from causes to prevention? BMJ 2002,324:342-345. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=43&did=110125100&SrchMode=3&sid=1&Fmt =6&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1105134021&clientId =21127&aid=1 The International Poverty and Health Network I. Joining together to combat poverty. Croatian Medical Journal 2000,41:28-31. http://www.cmj.hr/2000/41/1/10810165.pdf WHO. 25 Questions & Answers on Health & Human Rights. In: Health & Human Rights Publication Series.            Geneve: WHO; 2002. http://www.who.int/hhr/activities/en/25_questions_hhr.pdf

5. Access to medicines Trouiller P, Torreele E, Olliaro P, et al. Drugs for neglected diseases: a failure of the market and a public health failure? Tropical Medicine and International Health 2001,6:945-951. WHO. Equitable access to essential medicines: a framework for collaborative action (8). In: WHO Policy Perspectives on Medicines. Geneva; 2004. WHO. Globalization, TRIPS and access to pharmaceuticals (3). In: WHO Policy Perspectives on Medicines. Geneva; 2001. WHO. The selection of essential medicines (4). In: WHO Policy Perspectives on Medicines. Geneva; 2002.   Optional reading 5: MSF Access to Essential Medicines Campaign. Drug patents under the spotlight, sharing practical knowledge about pharmaceutical patents. May 2003 http://www.accessmed-msf.org/documents/patents_2003.pdf Bluestone K, Heaton A, Lewis C. Beyond Philanthropy: the pharmaceutical industry, corporate social responsibility and the developing world. In. Edited by Oxfam. Oxford : Oxfam, Save the Children, VSO; 2002. http://www.vso.org.uk/Images/beyond_philanthropy_tcm8-793.pdf Brugha R, Walt G. A global health fund: a leap of faith? BMJ 2001,323:152-154. http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/reprint/323/7305/152 Bruno K, Karliner J. Tangled Up In Blue: Corporate Partnerships at the United Nations. In. Edited by TRAC - The Transnational Resource & Action Center; 2000. http://www.corpwatch.org/downloads/tangled.pdf Buse K, Waxman A. Public-private health partnerships: a strategy for WHO. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2001,79:748-754. http://www.who.int/docstore/bulletin/pdf/2001/issue8/vol79.no.8.748-754.pdf MSF Access to Essential Medicines Campaign, DND Drugs for Neglected Diseases Working Group. Fatal Imbalance: The Crisis in Research and Development for Drugs for Neglected Diseases. In: Access to essential Medicines Campaign. Edited by MSF. Geneva ; 2001:21. http://www.accessmed-msf.org/documents/fatal_imbalance_short.pdf UK Commission on International Property Rights. Integrating Intellectual Property Rights and Development Policy http://www.iprcommission.org/graphic/documents/final_report.htm Medicine prices www.haiweb.org/medicineprices

6. Intercultural communication and dialogue Holliday A, Hyde M, Kullman J. Inter-cultural Communication: an Advanced Resource Book. London & New York: Routledge; 2004. Section A Introduction: Defining concepts, p. 2-49

7. Reducing the world’s health inequalities UNDP. Human Development Report 2005. New York ; 2005: 17-48 (Chapter 1)  http://hdr.undp.org/reports/global/2005/pdf/HDR05_chapter_1.pdf Optional reading 7: Our common interest : report of the Commission for Africa . London : Commission for Africa ; 2005. Global health watch 2005-2006 : an alternative world health report. London : Zed Books; 2005. http://www.ghwatch.org/2005_report.php Allen T., Thomas A. Poverty and development into the 21st century. Rev. ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2000. Jolly R., Mehrotra S. Development with a human face : experiences in social achievement and economic growth. Oxford: Clarendon Press; 1998. Leon D.A., Walt G. Poverty, inequality and health : an international perspective. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2001. Sen A. Mortality as an indicator of economic success and failure : inaugural lecture 1995. Florence: Unicef; 1995.

8. Prevention: Disarmament and arms control Davey B.J. The nature and effects of chemical weapons. Organisation for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, The Hague, Netherlands. Foege WH. Arms and Public Health: A Global Perspective. In: War and Public Health. Edited by Levy BS, Sidel VW. New York: Oxford University Press; 1997:3-11. Forrow L., Sidel V. Medicine and Nuclear War: From Hiroshima to Mutual Assured Destruction to Abolition 2000. JAMA 1998,280:456-461. IPPNW. Facts About Small Arms and Light Weapons. In. Edited by IPPNW. www.ippnw.org/SmallArmsFacts.pdf Mäkelä PH. Biological Warfare - How Serious a Threat? In: War or Health? A Reader. Edited by Taipale I, Mäkelä PH, Juva K, et al. London & New York: Zed Books; 2002:127-142. Optional reading 8: Arya N. Confronting the small arms pandemic: Unrestricted access should be viewed as a public health disaster. BMJ 2002,324:990-991. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=6&did=118445124&SrchMode=3&sid=9&Fmt= 6&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1105126510&clientId= 21127&aid=3 Cukier W, Chapdelaine A. Small Arms: A Major Public Health Hazard. Medicine and Global Survival 2001,7:26-32. http://www.ippnw.org/MGS/V7N1Cukier.pdf Forrow L., Blair B.G., et al. Accidental nuclear war--a post-cold war assessment. New England Journal of Medicine 1998,338:1326-1331. http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/338/18/1326-a?tyear=2006&resourcetype=HWCIT&resourcetype=HWCIT&tmonth=Apr&sortspec=S core+desc+PUBDATE_SORTDATE+desc&search_tab=articles&searchtitle=Articles&an dorexacttitleabs=and&excludeflag=TWEEK_element&fmonth=Apr&FIRSTINDEX=0& FIRSTINDEX=0&sendit=GO&fyear=1996&where=fulltext&tocsectionid=Original+Arti cles&tocsectionid=Special+Reports&tocsectionid=Special+Articles&tocsectionid=Clinic al+Practic Leaning J. Environment and health: 5. Impact of war. CMAJ Canadian Medical Association Journal 2000,163:1157-1161. http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/reprint/163/9/1157?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULT FORMAT=&searchid=1105395590433_1319&stored_search=&FIRSTINDEX=0&minsc ore=5000&journalcode=cmaj Santa Barbara J. Physicians and nuclear disarmament. CMAJ Canadian Medical Association Journal 2003,168:435-436. http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/reprint/168/4/435 Swedish Peace and Arbitration Society and the Swedish Section of IPPNW. Learn about Nuclear Weapons: Study material on nuclear disarmament issues for secondary school students. 2002 – 2004. http://www.slmk.org/larom/laromeng/index.html

9. Health advocacy and peace promotion Medact. Gobal health studies: Proposals for medical and nursing undergraduate teaching. London : Medact; 2002: 7-25 (Section 1) http://www.medact.org/content/Global%20Health%20Studies%20complet e%20file.pdf Optional 9: Oxford Research Group. Everyone's Guide to Achieving Change: A Step-by-Step Approach to Dialogue with Decision-Makers. Oxford Research Group; 2000. http://www.oxfordresearchgroup.org.uk/publications/books/achievingchange.pdf Salvage J. Collateral damage: the health and environmental costs of war on Iraq . In. Edited by Medact; 2002. http://www.ippnw.org/CollateralDamage.pdf

10. Doctors at risk The Nuremberg Code http://www.dreamscape.com/morgana/nurmberg.htm Hanauske-Abel H. From Nazi Holocaust to Nuclear Holocaust: A lesson to learn? Lancet 1986,11:271-273. Lucas T, Pross C. Caught Between Conscience and Complicity: Human Rights Violations and the Health Professions. Medicine and Global Survival 1995,2:106-114. http://www.ippnw.org/MGS/V2N2Lucas.html Miles SH. Abu Ghraib:its legacy for military medicine. The Lancet 2004,364:725-729. Sidel VW. The Roles and Ethics of Health Professionals in War. In: War and Public Health.            Edited by Levy BS, Sidel VW. New York : Oxford University Press; 1997:281-292. Optional 10: Seidelman WE. Whither Nuremberg ? Medicine's Continuing Nazi Heritage. Medicine and Global Survival,2. http://www.ippnw.org/MGS/V2N3Seidelman.html Zwi AB. The political abuse of medicine and the challenge of opposing it. Social Science & Medicine 1987,25:649-657. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=MImg&_imagekey=B6VBF-4656C7Y-29- 1&_cdi=5925&_user=596705&_orig=browse&_coverDate=12%2F31%2F1987&_sk=99 9749993&view=c&wchp=dGLbVzb- zSkWW&md5=ec6971a002076a424bed7891fd38b7c8&ie=/sdarticle.pdf

11. Protection: Geneva Conventions and Human Rights Inter-Agency Standing Committee. Frequently Asked Questions on International Humanitarian, Human Rights and Refugee Law in the context of armed conflict. Edited by Task Force on Humanitarian Action and Human Rights: WHO; 2004. http://www.who.int/hhr/information/en/FAQs.pdf Optional 11: Bruderlein C., Leaning J. New challenges for humanitarian protection. BMJ 1999,319:430-435. http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/reprint/319/7207/430 Lang S. Challenge of goodness: twelve humanitarian proposals based on the experience of 1991-1995 wars in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina . Croatian Medical Journal 1998,39:72-76. http://www.cmj.hr/1998/39/1/9475813.htm Lang S., Kovacic L., et al. Challenge of goodness III: public health facing war. Croatian Medical Journal 2002,43:156-165. http://www.cmj.hr/2002/43/2/11885040.pdf Oreskovic S, Lang S. Teaching Public Health and Human Rights in a Warfare Affected Area. Internet Journal of Public Health Education 2001,3:1-17. http://www.aspher.org/D_services/I- JPHE/Articles/Full%20text/Teaching%20Public%20Health%20and%20Human%20Right s%20%20oreskovic.pdf Porter K. Human Rights Medicine: 1. An introduction. Student BMJ 1996,4:146-147. http://www.studentbmj.com/back_issues/0596/05human.htm

12. Peace building through health initiatives Buhmann C.B. The Role of Health Professionals in Preventing and Mediating Conflict. Medicine, Conflict & Survival 2005,21:299-311. Gutlove P. Health as a Bridge to Peace: The role of health professionals in conflict management and community reconciliation. Violence and Health. Kobe, Japan, October 12-15, 1999. http://www.irss-usa.org/pages/documents/HBPViolencenHealth.pdf Manenti A. Health as a potential contribution to peace: Realities from the field: what has WHO learned in the 1990s. WHO; 2001. http://www.who.int/hac/techguidance/hbp/HBP_WHO_learned_1990s.pdf Santa Barbara J. Peace through Health - Looking back, looking ahead. Hamilton: McMaster University; 2005. http://www.humanities.mcmaster.ca/peace-health/Resources/Pth-PHRI.pdf Optional 12: Arya N. Peace through Health I: Development and Use of a Working Model. Medicine, Conflict & Survival 2004,20:242-257. http://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com/media/a5t5aplqwmdxwt7g9j4k/contributions/v/0/g/ 4/v0g41ej7ejyfwecq.pdf Gardemann J. Primary health care in complex humanitarian emergencies: Rwanda and Kosovo experiences and their implications for public health training. Croatian Medical Journal 2002,43:148-155. http://www.cmj.hr/2002/43/2/11885039.pdf Hess G, Pfeiffer M. Comparative analysis of WHO "Health as a Bridge for Peace" case studies. In. Edited by WHO. Geneva; 2000:20. http://www.who.int/hac/techguidance/hbp/comparative_analysis/en/print.html Large J. Considering Conflict: Concept Paper for First Health as a Bridge for Peace Consultative Meeting. In. Les Pensières, Annecy: WHO; 1997. http://www.who.int/hac/techguidance/hbp/considering_conflict/en/print.html Marmon LM, Seniw CM, Goodman AE. The Diplomat/Physician in the Emerging International System. Medicine and Global Survival,1. http://www.ippnw.org/MGS/V1N4Marmon.html Rodriguez-Garcia R., Macinko J., et al. CERTI Crisis and Transition Tool Kit: How Can Health Serve as a Bridge for Peace? ; 2001. (accessed: 2006-04-11) http://www.certi.org/publications/policy/gwc-12a.PDF Smith R, Richards T. Medicine in the age of global interdependence: We must do the hardest thing of all - change ourselves. BMJ 2002,324:309-310. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=3&did=110124816&SrchMode=3&sid=4&Fmt= 6&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1105123974&clientId= 21127&aid=1 Vass A. Peace through health: This new movement needs evidence, not just ideology. BMJ 2001,323:1020-. http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/reprint/323/7320/1020 WHO/EHA. Report on the First World Health Organization Consultative Meeting on Health as a Bridge for Peace. In. Les Pensières, Annecy; 1997. http://www.who.int/hac/techguidance/hbp/strategies_/en/print.html

13. How aid can contribute to peace or war Anderson MBe. Do no harm: How aid can support peace - or war. Boulder and London: Lynne Rienner Publishers; 1999: 37-76 (Chapter 4-6).  Optional 13: Conflict Sensitive Approaches to Development, Humanitarian Assistance and Peace Building - Tools for Peace and Conflict Impact Assessment (PCIA-Ressource Pack). Edited by Africa Peace Forum (APFO), Center for Conflict Resolution (CECORE), et al.; 2004. (accessed: 2006-04-11) http://www.conflictsensitivity.org/ Austin A, Fischer M, Wils O, editors. Peace and Conflict Impact Assessment: Critical Views on Theory and Practice; 2003. http://www.berghof-handbook.net/articles/pcia_complete.pdf Lange M., Quinn M. Conflict, Humanitarian Assistance and Peacebuilding: Meeting the Challenges. London : International Alert; 2003. (accessed: 2006-04-11) http://www.international-alert.org/publications/getdata.php?doctype=Pdf&id=57

14. Evaluation of peace work Anderson M.B., Olson L. Confronting War: Critiqual Lessons for Peace Practitioners. Cambridge , MA : The Collaborative for Development Action; 2003: 51-75. (Chapter 6-8) http://www.cdainc.com/publications/rpp/confrontingwar/ConfrontingWar. pdf Optional 14: Framework for Program Evaluation in Public Health. Centres for Disease Control and Prevention; 1999. (accessed: 2006-04-11) www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr4811a1.htm

15. Conflict transformation Hydle I. An anthropological contribution to Peace and Conflict Resolution Studies. Contemporary Justice Review (to be published, spring 2006). Lewer N. Conflict Resolution and Mediation for Health Professionals. In: War and Public Health. Edited by Levy B.S., Sidel V.W. New York : Oxford University Press; 1997:375-387. Optional 15: Kraybill R. Facilitation Skills for Interpersonal Transformation.  Berghof Handbook for Conflict Transformation. Edited by Fischer M., Wils O., et al. Berlin : Berghof Research Center for Constructive Conflict Management; 2001. (accessed: 2006-04-11) http://www.berghof-handbook.net/articles/kraybill_handbook.pdf

Special recommended books:

British Medical Association. The Medical Profession and Human Rights: Handbook for a changing agenda. London: Zed Books; 2001.

Krug EG, Dahlberg LL, Mercy JA, Zwi AB, Lozano R. World report on violence and health. Geneva: WHO; 2002.

Levy BS, Sidel VW, editors. War and Public Health. New York: Oxford University Press; 1997.

Lewer N. Physicians and the peace movement: prescriptions for hope. London: Frank Cass; 1992.

Taipale I, Mäkelä PH, Juva K, et al. War or Health?: A Reader. London & New York: Zed Books; 2002.