War and Health: The Medical Consequences of the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

Cover -- WAR AND HEALTH -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- Introduction: The Health Consequences of War -- PART I. AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN -- 1. Childbirth in the Context of Conflict in Afghanistan -- 2. Drone Strikes and Vaccination Campaigns: How the War on Terror Helps Sustain Polio in Afghanistan and Pakistan -- 3. Remaining Undone: Heroin in the Time of Serial War -- 4. Dignity under Extreme Duress: The Moral and Emotional Landscape of Local Humanitarian Workers in the Afghan-Pakistan Border Areas -- PART II. IRAQ -- 5. War and the Public Health Disaster in Iraq -- 6. The Political Capital of War Wounds -- 7. Iraqis' Cancer Itineraries: War, Medical Travel, and Therapeutic Geographies -- 8. War and Its Consequences for Cancer Trends and Services in Iraq -- PART III. UNITED STATES -- 9. Imagining Military Suicide -- 10. Afterwar Work for Life -- 11. "It's Not Okay": War's Toll on Health Brought Home to Communities and Environments -- Appendix: The Body Count -- About the Editors -- About the Contributors -- Index.

6. The Political Capital of War Wounds7. Iraqis' Cancer Itineraries: War, Medical Travel, and Therapeutic Geographies; 8. War and Its Consequences for Cancer Trends and Services in Iraq; Part III. United States; 9. Imagining Military Suicide; 10. Afterwar Work for Life; 11. "It's Not Okay": War's Toll on Health Brought Home to Communities and Environments; Appendix: The Body Count; About the Editors; About the Contributors; Index

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.