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An International Conference:
Medical Consequences of War: 
Health Challenges Beyond the Battlefield
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   Saturday, 03/25/06
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CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES

Following this conference, participants should be able to:

  1. Identify long term health impacts and health care challenges of war on military, civilians and their respective families and communities utilizing relevant cases and examples across medical disciplines.

  2. Describe, recognize and effectively respond to the nature and range of mental health challenges presented by returning war veterans including evidence of mental distress or atypical somatic complaints that may be related to their war experiences.

  3. List and discuss the unique threats to women’s health as a result of war situations, whether the woman is a combatant, civilian, or related to a member of the military.

  4. Discuss and propose an examination of the potential risks to the health of fetuses and children affected by the environmental pollution generated in war.

  5. Differentiate the serious injury risks for military engaged in modern warfare situations as opposed to historic risks faced by soldiers.

  6. Describe  the applicable national and international ethical standards regarding medical personnel in conflict situations.

  7. Describe the challenges to civilian health and health care in a post conflict era--when scarce funds and resources have been diverted by the war effort even as the physical environment, social relations and civilian needs, anxieties, and war altered situations all increase the need for service.

  8. Recognize the unique threats to health care personnel in situations of conflict and widespread civil unrest.




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