Planetary Health Humanities And Pandemics

Author : Heike Härting,Heather Meek
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2024-03-29
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781003853336

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Planetary Health Humanities and Pandemics by Heike Härting,Heather Meek Pdf

This volume explores the variable meanings and discourses of historical and contemporary pandemics to rethink theories and practices of planetary health. Rather than conflating the planetary with anthropogenic climate change, planetary geo-engineering, or the "global," the volume elaborates a version of planetary health humanities that invites decolonial, creative, and pluridisciplinary modes of thinking and sees "health" as a complex non-anthropocentric process that moves within the multiple scales of the planetary. The volume offers new historical trajectories as it considers an eighteenth-century woman author’s readings of plague, intersecting narratives of nineteenth-century lactation and vaccination, and the forgotten biopolitics of NASA’s Planetary Quarantine Program. It offers accounts of decolonial and oracular planetary health, insists that the role of literature in the health humanities is not merely instrumental, explores viral and planetary co-inhabitations, and scrutinizes inequities faced by global health workers. The volume also includes discussions of cybernetic addiction and the complex entanglements of humans, microbes, and bees. Its concluding interview addresses the concrete impact of current planetary transformations on individual and collective health. Bringing together multiple disciplines, the volume will be of interest to students and scholars in health humanities, literary studies, postcolonial studies, medical history, and narrative medicine.

Author : Maria Giulia Marini,Jonathan McFarland
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2022-04-26
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783030933593

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Health Humanities for Quality of Care in Times of COVID -19 by Maria Giulia Marini,Jonathan McFarland Pdf

The Covid pandemic has led us into an upheaval that has made us question the certainties underlying what it means to be a human being in our age; the ability to control medical and social facts through evidence. For the first-time western and developed countries have had to confront what many populations from the developing world (Africa. Latin America, etc) face on a daily basis with HIV and Ebola, etc. The Interconnectedness of Globalization has been the real disseminating catalyst of COVID 19, and many scientists wonder if this virus is the result of the Anthropocene age, with its indisputable lack of respect for the natural ecosystems. The virus has demonstrated that our frailty is only skin deep, and it has not only brought death, despair, but it has broken our interdependency as human beings, by imposing self- isolation as well as creating new ways of connections so that safety cannot imply loneliness. In this book, the coping strategies that originate from the multiple languages of care such as narrative, literature, science, philosophy, art, digital science are shown not only as reflective tools to promote health but also wellbeing amongst carers, patients, students, and citizens of our planet Earth. These strategies should be supported by the decision makers since they are low-cost investments necessary to make the health care system work. They however require a change of cultural paradigm. This book is a useful toolkit for patients, citizens and care services physicians who want to learn more on how to live better with this new world.

Author : Susanne H. Sokolow,Kris A. Murray,Giulio De Leo,Michele Barry,David Lopez-Carr
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 123 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2022-11-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9782832500064

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Planetary Health Impacts of Pandemic Coronaviruses by Susanne H. Sokolow,Kris A. Murray,Giulio De Leo,Michele Barry,David Lopez-Carr Pdf

Author : Nicole de Paula
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2021-10-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789811637544

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Breaking the Silos for Planetary Health by Nicole de Paula Pdf

This book translates the latest theoretical perspectives on the emerging field of Planetary Health Studies into the practical reality of global political decision makers. It builds on the scientific data on the impacts of environmental change on human health to propose practical methods for operationalizing planetary health. The book maps opportunities for decision makers to break institutional silos and engage with bottom-up approaches that can transform planetary health from a global idea into a local reality. The analysis frames human health in the Anthropocene, an era in which humans have become the most powerful force affecting global ecosystems, and reveals new existential risks for humankind.Departing from ongoing multilateral efforts to promote sustainability, the author’s analysis places the agenda of planetary health on the desk of political decision makers, still underrepresented at planetary health gatherings. Given the pressing need to implement sustainable development policies, the book presents planetary health as an overarching framework for global policy targets, notably the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, and the post-2020 biodiversity framework under the UN Convention on Biological Diversity. The book is timely in offering a concrete road map for practitioners and researchers interested in transforming the concept of planetary health into reality. With a collection of success stories, the analysis dwells on tools for community engagement, opportunities for health professionals training, gender empowerment, digital health, and innovative ways to enhance human well-being on a changing planet.

Author : Ngozi Finette Unuigbe
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 91 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2021-03-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781000369045

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Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Global Pandemics by Ngozi Finette Unuigbe Pdf

This book demonstrates the importance and potential role of Traditional Ecological Knowledge in foreseeing and curbing future global pandemics. The reduction of species diversity has increased the risk of global pandemics and it is therefore not only imperative to articulate and disseminate knowledge on the linkages between human activities and the transmission of viruses to humans, but also to create policy pathways for operationalizing that knowledge to help solve future problems. Although this book has been prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic, it lays a policy foundation for the effective management or possible prevention of similar pandemics in the future. One effective way of establishing this linkage with a view to promoting planet health is by understanding the traditional ecological knowledge of indigenous peoples with a view to demonstrating the significant impact it has on keeping nature intact. This book argues for the deployment of traditional ecological knowledge for land use management in the preservation of biodiversity as a means for effectively managing the transmission of viruses from animals to humans and ensuring planetary health. The book is not projecting traditional ecological knowledge as a panacea to pandemics but rather accentuating its critical role in the effective mitigation of future pandemics. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of traditional ecological knowledge, indigenous studies, animal ecology, environmental ethics and environmental studies more broadly.

Author : Therese Jones,Kathleen Pachucki
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2022-12-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783031192319

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The COVID Pandemic: Essays, Book Reviews, and Poems by Therese Jones,Kathleen Pachucki Pdf

This book contains several critical essays, book reviews, and poems that address the current pandemic to mark a sad but hopeful first anniversary of COVID. Similar to many academic journals, the Journal of Medical Humanities, in which these contributions were first published, has received a number of submissions during the first year of the pandemic relating directly to it. In the early months, the journal saw an unprecedented number of poetry submissions from physicians who seemed to be turning to verse as a way to memorialize what was happening, to find ways of healing from the devastating number of dying patients, and to capture the exhaustion and anxiety of caring for others day after day without respite. By publishing this selection, the volume editors honor and thank all those who have been caring for patients, teaching and mentoring students, and as such have been contributing to our understanding and awareness of this crisis. Previously published in Journal of Medical Humanities, Volume 42, issue 1, March 2021 Chapters “COVID-19, Contagion, and Vaccine Optimism”, “Virile Infertile Men, and Other Representations of In/Fertile Hegemonic Masculinity in Fiction Television Series”, “Movement as Method: Some Existential and Epistemological Reflections on Dance in the Health Humanities” and “The Ethic of Responsibility: Max Weber’s Verstehen and Shared Decision-Making in Patient-Centred Care” are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

Author : Vanessa Lemm,Miguel Vatter
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2022-09-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789811939426

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The Viral Politics of Covid-19 by Vanessa Lemm,Miguel Vatter Pdf

This book ​ critically examines the COVID-19 pandemic and its legal and biological governance using a multidisciplinary approach. The perspectives reflected in this volume investigate the imbrications between technosphere and biosphere at social, economic, and political levels. The biolegal dimensions of our evolving understanding of “home” are analysed as the common thread linking the problem of zoonotic diseases and planetary health with that of geopolitics, biosecurity, bioeconomics and biophilosophies of the plant-animal-human interface. In doing so, the contributions collectively highlight the complexities, challenges, and opportunities for humanity, opening new perspectives on how to inhabit our shared planet. This volume will broadly appeal to scholars and students in anthropology, cultural and media studies, history, philosophy, political science and public health, sociology and science and technology studies.

Author : Kari Nixon
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2022-04-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781982172510

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Quarantine Life from Cholera to COVID-19 by Kari Nixon Pdf

"Throughout history, there have been numerous epidemics that have threatened mankind with destruction. Diseases have the ability to highlight our shared concerns across the ages, affecting every social divide from national boundaries, economic categories, racial divisions, and beyond. Whether looking at smallpox, HIV, Ebola, or COVID-19 outbreaks, we see the same conversations arising as society struggles with the all-encompassing question: What do we do now? Quarantine Life from Cholera to COVID-19 demonstrates that these conversations have always involved the same questions of individual liberties versus the common good, debates about rushing new and untested treatments, considerations of whether quarantines are effective to begin with, what to do about healthy carriers, and how to keep trade circulating when society shuts down. This immensely readable social and medical history tracks different diseases and outlines their trajectory, what they meant for society, and societal questions each disease brought up, along with practical takeaways we can apply to current and future pandemics--so we can all be better prepared for whatever life throws our way."--Amazon.com.

Author : Simon X.B. Zhao,Johnston H.C. Wong,Charles Lowe,Edoardo Monaco,John Corbett
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2021-08-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789811624308

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COVID-19 Pandemic, Crisis Responses and the Changing World by Simon X.B. Zhao,Johnston H.C. Wong,Charles Lowe,Edoardo Monaco,John Corbett Pdf

This book comprehensively analyzes COVID-19 and its impact as well as the response from the perspectives of humanities and social sciences. This book covers topics ranging from geopolitical relations to regional integration, public health governance and even the evolution of professional practices in the time of COVID-19. It constitutes a precious and timely interdisciplinary reference for anyone aspiring not only to grasp the origins and dynamics of the present challenge, but also to identify future opportunities for further growth and holistic progress for humanity.

Author : P. Crawford,B. Brown,C. Baker,V. Tischler,Brian Abrams
Publisher : Springer
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2015-01-15
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781137282613

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Health Humanities by P. Crawford,B. Brown,C. Baker,V. Tischler,Brian Abrams Pdf

This is the first manifesto for Health Humanities worldwide. It sets out the context for this emergent and innovative field which extends beyond Medical Humanities to advance the inclusion and impact of the arts and humanities in healthcare, health and well-being.

Author : Cortijo Ocaña, Antonio,Martines, Vicent
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781799879893

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Handbook of Research on Historical Pandemic Analysis and the Social Implications of COVID-19 by Cortijo Ocaña, Antonio,Martines, Vicent Pdf

The current health situation has been described as chaotic and devastating. Humanity’s trust in the future and in its human capacity to overcome a disaster of such magnitude is even starting to wither away. If science still lacks a response to the pandemic, can the humanities offer something to cope with this situation? The world can adopt a historical perspective and realize that this is not the first time a global pandemic has struck. Issues including illness, suffering, endurance, resilience, human survival, etc. have been dealt with by literature, philosophy, psychology, and sociology throughout the ages and should be explored once again in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Handbook of Research on Historical Pandemic Analysis and the Social Implications of COVID-19 explores the issue of disease from a variety of philosophical, legal, historical, and social perspectives to offer both comprehension and consolation to the human psyche. This group of scholars within the fields of education, psychology, linguistics, history, and philosophy provides a comprehensive view of the humanities as it relates to the pandemic within the frame of human reaction to pain and calamity. This book also looks at the impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on society in a multidisciplinary capacity that examines its effects in education, government, business, and more. Covering topics such as public health legislation, sociology, impacts on women, and population genetics, this book is essential for sociologists, psychologists, communications experts, historians, researchers, students, and academicians.

Author : Andy Haines,Howard Frumkin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2021-07-22
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781108492348

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Planetary Health by Andy Haines,Howard Frumkin Pdf

Human health is facing unprecedented threats from global environmental change. This book describes the challenges and opportunities to safeguard health.

Author : S. Abeysinghe
Publisher : Springer
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2015-04-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137467201

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Pandemics, Science and Policy by S. Abeysinghe Pdf

Pandemics, Science and Policy analyses the World Health Organisation's (WHO) management of the 2009 H1N1 Pandemic. Abeysinghe illustrates the ways in which the WHO's account was vulnerable to contestation, and ultimately how uncertain risks can affect policy and action on the global level.

Author : Bloomsbury Publishing
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 489 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2022-04-21
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781913441227

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Global Health Watch 6 by Bloomsbury Publishing Pdf

Global Health Watch (GHW), now in its sixth edition, provides the definitive voice for an alternative discourse on health. It integrates rigorous analysis, alternative proposals and stories of struggles and change to present a compelling case for the imperative to work for a radical transformation of the way we approach actions and policies on health. It was conceived in 2003 as a collaborative effort by activists and academics from across the world, and is designed to question present policies on health and to propose alternatives Global Health Watch 6 (GHW6) has been coordinated by eight civil society organizations – the People's Health Movement, ALAMES, Health Poverty Action, Medico International, Third World Network, Medact, Sama and Viva Salud. With contributions from across the globe, GHW6 addresses key issues related to health systems and the range of social, economic, political and environmental determinants of health, locating decisions and choices that impact on health in the structure of global power relations and economic governance.

Author : Ngozi Finette Unuigbe
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1003141285

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Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Global Pandemics by Ngozi Finette Unuigbe Pdf

"This book demonstrates the importance and potential role of Traditional Ecological Knowledge in foreseeing and curbing future global pandemics. The reduction of species diversity has increased the risk of global pandemics and it is therefore not only imperative to articulate and disseminate knowledge on the linkages between human activities and the transmission of viruses to humans, but also to create policy pathways for operationalizing that knowledge to help solve future problems. Although this book has been prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic, it lays a policy foundation for the effective management or possible prevention of similar pandemics in the future. One effective way of establishing this linkage with a view to promoting planet health is by understanding the traditional ecological knowledge of indigenous peoples with a view to demonstrating the significant impact it has on keeping nature intact. This book argues for the deployment of traditional ecological knowledge for land use management in the preservation of biodiversity as a means for effectively managing the transmission of viruses from animals to humans and ensuring planetary health. The book is not projecting traditional ecological knowledge as a panacea to pandemics but rather accentuating its critical role in the effective mitigation of future pandemics. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of traditional ecological knowledge, indigenous studies, animal ecology, environmental ethics and environmental studies more broadly"--