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Last updated 2/4/06
CONFERENCE
OBJECTIVES
Following
this conference, participants should be able to:
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Discuss and propose
an examination of the potential risks to the health of fetuses and
children affected by the environmental pollution generated in war.
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Differentiate the
serious injury risks for military engaged in modern warfare situations
as opposed to historic risks faced by soldiers.
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Describe the
applicable national and international ethical standards regarding
medical personnel in conflict situations.
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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.
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Recognize the unique
threats to health care personnel in situations of conflict and
widespread civil unrest.
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