Peace is essential prerequisite of health: linkage in Canadian Indigenous peoples.
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چکیده
Recently I completed teaching a 12-week course on Peace through Health for Canadian undergraduate students. During the course they had been moved by the lives of children in Gulu, Northern Uganda, had considered medicine and peace actions in Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Croatia, El Salvador, and more. Their final examination was intended to bring them right back home to the invisible conflict under our noses in Canada. The exam paper began with this scenario:
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Croatian medical journal
دوره 47 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2006