Martin T. Donohoe, MD, FACP is adjunct associate professor in Community Health at Portland State University, practices internal medicine, and is on the Social Justice Committee of Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) and the Board of Advisors for Oregon PSR.

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• Introduction xiAcknowledgments xixThe Editor xxiiiThe Contributors xxvPart I Human Rights, Social Justice, Economics, Poverty, and Health Care1. Universal Declaration of Human Rights 52. Public Health as Social Justice 11Dan E. Beauchamp3. What We Mean by Social Determinants of Health 21Vicente Navarro4. The Magic Mountain: Trickle-Down Economics in a Philippine Garbage Dump 39Matthew Power5. Family Medicine Should Encourage the Development of Luxury Practices: Negative Position 55Martin DonohoePart Two Special Populations6. Homelessness in the United States: History, Epidemiology, Health Issues, Women, and Public Policy 77Martin Donohoe7. Historical and Contemporary Factors Contributing to the Plight of Migrant Farmworkers in the United States 85Safina Koreishi, Martin Donohoe8. The Persistence of American Indian Health Disparities 99David S. Jones9. Prejudice and the Medical Profession: A Five-Year Update 123Peter A. Clark10. Sexual and Gender Minority Health: What We Know and What Needs to Be Done 153Kenneth H. Mayer, Judith B. Bradford, Harvey J. Makadon, Ron Stall, Hilary Goldhammer, Stewart Landers11. Mental Disorders, Health Inequalities, and Ethics: A Global Perspective 171Emmanuel M. Ngui, Lincoln Khasakhala, David Nndetei, Laura Weiss Roberts12. Incarceration Nation: Health and Welfare in the Prison System in the United States 193Martin DonohoePart Three Women’s Health13. Individual and Societal Forms of Violence Against Women in the United States and the Developing World: An Overview 217Martin Donohoe14. Obstacles to Abortion in the United States 233Martin Donohoe15. The Way It Was 249Eleanor CooneyPart Four Obesity, Tobacco, and Suicide by Firearms: The Modern Epidemics16. Weighty Matters: Public Health Aspects of the Obesity Epidemic 265Martin Donohoe17. Cigarettes: The Other Weapons of Mass Destruction 287Martin Donohoe18. Guns and Suicide in the United States 295Matthew Miller, David HemenwayPart Five Food: Safety, Security, and Disease19. Factory Farms as Primary Polluter 303Martin Donohoe20. Genetically Modified Foods: Health and Environmental Risks and the Corporate Agribusiness Agenda 307Martin Donohoe21. Opposition to the Use of Hormone Growth Promoters in Beef and Dairy Cattle Production (American Public Health Association Policy Statement, Adopted 2009) 319Elanor Starmer, David Wallinga, Rick North, Martin DonohoePart Six Environmental Health22. Roles and Responsibilities of Health Care Professionals in Combating Environmental Degradation and Social Injustice: Education and Activism 333Martin Donohoe23. Global Warming: A Public Health Crisis Demanding Immediate Action 355Martin Donohoe24. Flowers, Diamonds, and Gold: The Destructive Public Health, Human Rights, and Environmental Consequences of Symbols of Love 365Martin Donohoe25. Is a Modest Health Care System Possible? 385Andrew JametonPart Seven War and Violence26. The Health Consequences of the Diversion of Resources to War and Preparation for War 399Victor W. Sidel, Barry S. Levy27. A Brief Summary of the Medical Impacts of Hiroshima 405Robert Vergun, Martin Donohoe, Catherine Thomasson, Pamela Vergun28. Medical Science Under Dictatorship 409Leo Alexander29. War, Rape, and Genocide: Never Again? 427Martin DonohoePart Eight Corporations and Public Health30. Combating Corporate Control: Protecting Education, Media, Legislation, and Health Care 439Martin Donohoe31. The Pharmaceutical Industry: Friend or Foe? 451Jennifer R. Niebyl32. Unnecessary Testing in Obstetrics, Gynecology, and General Medicine: Causes and Consequences of the Unwarranted Use of Costly and Unscientific (yet Profitable) Screening Modalities 463Martin Donohoe33. Urine Trouble: Practical, Legal, and Ethical Issues Surrounding Mandated Drug Testing of Physicians 473Martin DonohoePart Nine Achieving Social Justice in Health Care Through Education and Activism34. Promoting Public Understanding of Population Health 493Stephen Bezruchka35. Some Ideas for a Common Agenda 509Peter Montague, Carolyn Raffensperger36. Taking On Corporate Power—and Winning 521Robert Weissman37. US Health Care: Single-Payer or Market Reform 551David U. Himmelstein, Steffie Woolhandler38. US Health Professionals Oppose War 563Walter J. Lear39. The Residency Program in Social Medicine of Montefiore Medical Center: 37 Years of Mission-Driven, Interdisciplinary Training in Primary Care, Population Health, and Social Medicine 571A. H. Strelnick, Debbie Swiderski, Alice Fornari, Victoria Gorski, Eliana Korin, Philip Ozuah, Janet M. Townsend, Peter A. Selwyn40. Stories and Society: Using Literature to Teach Medical Students About Public Health and Social Justice 597Martin DonohoeIndex 609

Martin T. Donohoe, MD, FACP is adjunct associate professor in Community Health at Portland State University, practices internal medicine, and is on the Social Justice Committee of Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) and the Board of Advisors for Oregon PSR.

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• Introduction xiAcknowledgments xixThe Editor xxiiiThe Contributors xxvPart I Human Rights, Social Justice, Economics, Poverty, and Health Care1. Universal Declaration of Human Rights 52. Public Health as Social Justice 11Dan E. Beauchamp3. What We Mean by Social Determinants of Health 21Vicente Navarro4. The Magic Mountain: Trickle-Down Economics in a Philippine Garbage Dump 39Matthew Power5. Family Medicine Should Encourage the Development of Luxury Practices: Negative Position 55Martin DonohoePart Two Special Populations6. Homelessness in the United States: History, Epidemiology, Health Issues, Women, and Public Policy 77Martin Donohoe7. Historical and Contemporary Factors Contributing to the Plight of Migrant Farmworkers in the United States 85Safina Koreishi, Martin Donohoe8. The Persistence of American Indian Health Disparities 99David S. Jones9. Prejudice and the Medical Profession: A Five-Year Update 123Peter A. Clark10. Sexual and Gender Minority Health: What We Know and What Needs to Be Done 153Kenneth H. Mayer, Judith B. Bradford, Harvey J. Makadon, Ron Stall, Hilary Goldhammer, Stewart Landers11. Mental Disorders, Health Inequalities, and Ethics: A Global Perspective 171Emmanuel M. Ngui, Lincoln Khasakhala, David Nndetei, Laura Weiss Roberts12. Incarceration Nation: Health and Welfare in the Prison System in the United States 193Martin DonohoePart Three Women’s Health13. Individual and Societal Forms of Violence Against Women in the United States and the Developing World: An Overview 217Martin Donohoe14. Obstacles to Abortion in the United States 233Martin Donohoe15. The Way It Was 249Eleanor CooneyPart Four Obesity, Tobacco, and Suicide by Firearms: The Modern Epidemics16. Weighty Matters: Public Health Aspects of the Obesity Epidemic 265Martin Donohoe17. Cigarettes: The Other Weapons of Mass Destruction 287Martin Donohoe18. Guns and Suicide in the United States 295Matthew Miller, David HemenwayPart Five Food: Safety, Security, and Disease19. Factory Farms as Primary Polluter 303Martin Donohoe20. Genetically Modified Foods: Health and Environmental Risks and the Corporate Agribusiness Agenda 307Martin Donohoe21. Opposition to the Use of Hormone Growth Promoters in Beef and Dairy Cattle Production (American Public Health Association Policy Statement, Adopted 2009) 319Elanor Starmer, David Wallinga, Rick North, Martin DonohoePart Six Environmental Health22. Roles and Responsibilities of Health Care Professionals in Combating Environmental Degradation and Social Injustice: Education and Activism 333Martin Donohoe23. Global Warming: A Public Health Crisis Demanding Immediate Action 355Martin Donohoe24. Flowers, Diamonds, and Gold: The Destructive Public Health, Human Rights, and Environmental Consequences of Symbols of Love 365Martin Donohoe25. Is a Modest Health Care System Possible? 385Andrew JametonPart Seven War and Violence26. The Health Consequences of the Diversion of Resources to War and Preparation for War 399Victor W. Sidel, Barry S. Levy27. A Brief Summary of the Medical Impacts of Hiroshima 405Robert Vergun, Martin Donohoe, Catherine Thomasson, Pamela Vergun28. Medical Science Under Dictatorship 409Leo Alexander29. War, Rape, and Genocide: Never Again? 427Martin DonohoePart Eight Corporations and Public Health30. Combating Corporate Control: Protecting Education, Media, Legislation, and Health Care 439Martin Donohoe31. The Pharmaceutical Industry: Friend or Foe? 451Jennifer R. Niebyl32. Unnecessary Testing in Obstetrics, Gynecology, and General Medicine: Causes and Consequences of the Unwarranted Use of Costly and Unscientific (yet Profitable) Screening Modalities 463Martin Donohoe33. Urine Trouble: Practical, Legal, and Ethical Issues Surrounding Mandated Drug Testing of Physicians 473Martin DonohoePart Nine Achieving Social Justice in Health Care Through Education and Activism34. Promoting Public Understanding of Population Health 493Stephen Bezruchka35. Some Ideas for a Common Agenda 509Peter Montague, Carolyn Raffensperger36. Taking On Corporate Power—and Winning 521Robert Weissman37. US Health Care: Single-Payer or Market Reform 551David U. Himmelstein, Steffie Woolhandler38. US Health Professionals Oppose War 563Walter J. Lear39. The Residency Program in Social Medicine of Montefiore Medical Center: 37 Years of Mission-Driven, Interdisciplinary Training in Primary Care, Population Health, and Social Medicine 571A. H. Strelnick, Debbie Swiderski, Alice Fornari, Victoria Gorski, Eliana Korin, Philip Ozuah, Janet M. Townsend, Peter A. Selwyn40. Stories and Society: Using Literature to Teach Medical Students About Public Health and Social Justice 597Martin DonohoeIndex 609

Martin T. Donohoe, MD, FACP is adjunct associate professor in Community Health at Portland State University, practices internal medicine, and is on the Social Justice Committee of Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) and the Board of Advisors for Oregon PSR.

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• Introduction xiAcknowledgments xixThe Editor xxiiiThe Contributors xxvPart I Human Rights, Social Justice, Economics, Poverty, and Health Care1. Universal Declaration of Human Rights 52. Public Health as Social Justice 11Dan E. Beauchamp3. What We Mean by Social Determinants of Health 21Vicente Navarro4. The Magic Mountain: Trickle-Down Economics in a Philippine Garbage Dump 39Matthew Power5. Family Medicine Should Encourage the Development of Luxury Practices: Negative Position 55Martin DonohoePart Two Special Populations6. Homelessness in the United States: History, Epidemiology, Health Issues, Women, and Public Policy 77Martin Donohoe7. Historical and Contemporary Factors Contributing to the Plight of Migrant Farmworkers in the United States 85Safina Koreishi, Martin Donohoe8. The Persistence of American Indian Health Disparities 99David S. Jones9. Prejudice and the Medical Profession: A Five-Year Update 123Peter A. Clark10. Sexual and Gender Minority Health: What We Know and What Needs to Be Done 153Kenneth H. Mayer, Judith B. Bradford, Harvey J. Makadon, Ron Stall, Hilary Goldhammer, Stewart Landers11. Mental Disorders, Health Inequalities, and Ethics: A Global Perspective 171Emmanuel M. Ngui, Lincoln Khasakhala, David Nndetei, Laura Weiss Roberts12. Incarceration Nation: Health and Welfare in the Prison System in the United States 193Martin DonohoePart Three Women’s Health13. Individual and Societal Forms of Violence Against Women in the United States and the Developing World: An Overview 217Martin Donohoe14. Obstacles to Abortion in the United States 233Martin Donohoe15. The Way It Was 249Eleanor CooneyPart Four Obesity, Tobacco, and Suicide by Firearms: The Modern Epidemics16. Weighty Matters: Public Health Aspects of the Obesity Epidemic 265Martin Donohoe17. Cigarettes: The Other Weapons of Mass Destruction 287Martin Donohoe18. Guns and Suicide in the United States 295Matthew Miller, David HemenwayPart Five Food: Safety, Security, and Disease19. Factory Farms as Primary Polluter 303Martin Donohoe20. Genetically Modified Foods: Health and Environmental Risks and the Corporate Agribusiness Agenda 307Martin Donohoe21. Opposition to the Use of Hormone Growth Promoters in Beef and Dairy Cattle Production (American Public Health Association Policy Statement, Adopted 2009) 319Elanor Starmer, David Wallinga, Rick North, Martin DonohoePart Six Environmental Health22. Roles and Responsibilities of Health Care Professionals in Combating Environmental Degradation and Social Injustice: Education and Activism 333Martin Donohoe23. Global Warming: A Public Health Crisis Demanding Immediate Action 355Martin Donohoe24. Flowers, Diamonds, and Gold: The Destructive Public Health, Human Rights, and Environmental Consequences of Symbols of Love 365Martin Donohoe25. Is a Modest Health Care System Possible? 385Andrew JametonPart Seven War and Violence26. The Health Consequences of the Diversion of Resources to War and Preparation for War 399Victor W. Sidel, Barry S. Levy27. A Brief Summary of the Medical Impacts of Hiroshima 405Robert Vergun, Martin Donohoe, Catherine Thomasson, Pamela Vergun28. Medical Science Under Dictatorship 409Leo Alexander29. War, Rape, and Genocide: Never Again? 427Martin DonohoePart Eight Corporations and Public Health30. Combating Corporate Control: Protecting Education, Media, Legislation, and Health Care 439Martin Donohoe31. The Pharmaceutical Industry: Friend or Foe? 451Jennifer R. Niebyl32. Unnecessary Testing in Obstetrics, Gynecology, and General Medicine: Causes and Consequences of the Unwarranted Use of Costly and Unscientific (yet Profitable) Screening Modalities 463Martin Donohoe33. Urine Trouble: Practical, Legal, and Ethical Issues Surrounding Mandated Drug Testing of Physicians 473Martin DonohoePart Nine Achieving Social Justice in Health Care Through Education and Activism34. Promoting Public Understanding of Population Health 493Stephen Bezruchka35. Some Ideas for a Common Agenda 509Peter Montague, Carolyn Raffensperger36. Taking On Corporate Power—and Winning 521Robert Weissman37. US Health Care: Single-Payer or Market Reform 551David U. Himmelstein, Steffie Woolhandler38. US Health Professionals Oppose War 563Walter J. Lear39. The Residency Program in Social Medicine of Montefiore Medical Center: 37 Years of Mission-Driven, Interdisciplinary Training in Primary Care, Population Health, and Social Medicine 571A. H. Strelnick, Debbie Swiderski, Alice Fornari, Victoria Gorski, Eliana Korin, Philip Ozuah, Janet M. Townsend, Peter A. Selwyn40. Stories and Society: Using Literature to Teach Medical Students About Public Health and Social Justice 597Martin DonohoeIndex 609