Victor W Sidel

Datos Biográficos

ID302708
NOMBREVictor W Sidel
NOMBRESVictor W
APELLIDOSidel
FIRMASIDEL V W
AFILIACIONESAlbert Einstein College of Medicine
ORCID0000-0002-0316-0590
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS50
TOTAL DE CITAS55
TOTAL COMO AUTOR50
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN1971
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2015
ÍNDICE H4

  • Adverse health consequences of the Vietnam War

    Barry S Levy, Victor W SidelARTICLEMedicine Conflict & Survival2015

    The 40th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War is a useful time to review the adverse health consequences of that war and to identify and address serious problems related to armed conflict, such as the protection of noncombatant civilians. More than 58,000 U.S. servicemembers died during the war and more than 150,000 were wounded. Many suffered from posttraumatic stress disorders and other mental disorders and from the long-term consequences …

  • Protecting non-combatant civilians during war

    Barry S Levy, Victor W SidelARTICLEMedicine Conflict & Survival2015

    In the course of civilian life, when one person kills another, it is usually considered ‘murder’, and when someone kills many people, it is usually termed ‘mass murder’. In contrast, in the course

  • Listening to those called terrorists; the case for a public forum within the United Nations

    Alex Poteliakhoff, Victor W Sidel et al.ARTICLEMedicine Conflict & Survival2012

    The global community has suffered from war and terrorism for centuries. Human beings have the option of peace or war. So far there has been sufficient capacity of the global community and the globa

  • The medical consequences of thermonuclear war

    H Jack Geiger, Hartmut Geiger et al.ARTICLEMedicine Conflict & Survival2012

  • The Public Health Implications of Resource Wars

    Michael T Klare, Barry S Levy et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2011Citada por: 1Referencias: 9

    Competition for resources between or within nations is likely to become an increasingly common cause of armed conflict. Competition for petroleum is especially likely to trigger armed conflict because petroleum is a highly valuable resource whose supply is destined to contract. Wars fought over petroleum and other resources can create public health concerns by causing morbidity and mortality, damaging societal infrastructure, diverting resources,…

  • Water Rights and Water Fights

    Barry S Levy, Victor W SidelARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2011Citada por: 3Referencias: 5

    The author reflects on a shortage of fresh water which is being seen in many areas across the globe in 2011 and on the negative impact that the shortage is having on the health of many people across the globe. He suggests that a shortage of fresh water is becoming an increasingly large public health problem in many parts of the world and that world leaders are calling attention to the problem. He argues that public health workers can help ensure …

  • Levy and Sidel Respond

    Barry S Levy, Victor W SidelARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2011

    We thank Harhay for his thoughtful comments. We agree with his warning that water scarcity also affects wealthier countries, including the United States.1 As we stated in our editorial, laws and regulations, proactive cooperation, and mediation and arbitration are important approaches to resolve water conflicts before they boil over. Many examples of implementing these approaches exist in the United States, including the Interstate Commission on …

  • The Public Health Implications of Resource Wars

    Michael T Klare, Barry S Levy et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2011Citada por: 1Referencias: 12

    Competition for resources between or within nations is likely to become an increasingly common cause of armed conflict. Competition for petroleum is especially likely to trigger armed conflict because petroleum is a highly valuable resource whose supply is destined to contract. Wars fought over petroleum and other resources can create public health concerns by causing morbidity and mortality, damaging societal infrastructure, diverting resources,…

  • Globalization and the National Security State

    Victor W SidelARTICLEMedicine Conflict & Survival2010

  • Homage to Janus

    Victor W Sidel, Barry S LevyARTICLEMedicine Conflict & Survival2009

    Janus, in Roman mythology, was the god of gates and doors and also the god of beginnings and endings. He is often depicted, as in a Roman bust in the Vatican Museum, as having two faces, looking in

  • Tributes

    Victor W Sidel, Barry S Levy et al.ARTICLEMedicine Conflict & Survival2009

  • War, terrorism and the public's health

    Victor W SidelARTICLEMedicine Conflict & Survival2008

    War and terrorism, which are inseparable, cause death and disability, profound psychological damage, environmental destruction, disruption of the health infrastructure, refugee crises, and increased interpersonal, self-directed and collective violence. Weapons systems such as weapons of mass destruction and landmines have their own specific devastating effects. Preparation for war and preparedness for terrorism bring constraints on civil libertie…

  • Vertical nuclear proliferation

    Victor W SidelARTICLEMedicine Conflict & Survival2007

    All the nuclear-weapon states are working to develop new nuclear-weapon systems and upgrade their existing ones. Although the US Congress has recently blocked further development of small nuclear weapons and earth-penetrating nuclear weapons, the United States is planning a range of new warheads under the Reliable Replacement Warhead programme, and renewing its nuclear weapons infrastructure. The United Kingdom is spending 1 billion pounds sterli…

  • Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

    Victor W Sidel, Barry S LevyARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2007Referencias: 13

    Nuclear weapons pose a particularly destructive threat. Prevention of the proliferation and use of nuclear weapons is urgently important to public health. “Horizontal” proliferation refers to nation-states or nonstate entities that do not have, but are acquiring, nuclear weapons or developing the capability and materials for producing them. “Vertical” proliferation refers to nation-states that do possess nuclear weapons and are increasing their s…

  • Sidel Et Al. Respond

    Victor W Sidel, Hillel W Cohen et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2005

    We are grateful to Dowling and Lipton for their letter and to the Journal for providing an opportunity to continue this important discussion. Dowling and Lipton provide additional data that underscore the absurdly distorted priorities of bioterrorism preparedness spending relative to spending for real public health needs in the United States. Outside the United States, the United Nations has estimated that about US$10 billion invested annually in…

  • Gould Et Al. Respond to Amadio

    Robert M Gould, Hillel W Cohen et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2005Referencias: 2

    We certainly share Amadio’s view that public health has been underfunded for decades. We believe this situation is attributable in part to our nation’s propensity for prioritizing colossal military budgets over vital domestic and global public and environmental health programs. Consider, for example, the possibilities denied public health by the United States’ expenditure of approximately $5.5 trillion (in constant 1996 dollars) for nuclear weapo…

  • Cohen Et Al. Respond to Rumm

    Hillel W Cohen, Robert M Gould et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2005

    We have never been “dismissive” of the potential threats posed by biological, chemical, or nuclear weapons. On the contrary, we have worked over many years to prevent the use of these weapons by nation states (usually termed “war”) or by individuals or groups (often termed “terrorism”). As we stated in our commentary, “war, poverty, environmental degradation, and misallocation of resources are the greatest root causes of worldwide mortality and m…

  • What is Social Medicine

    Matthew Anderson, Matthew R Anderson et al.ARTICLEMonthly Review2005Citada por: 2

    The past two decades have seen a rapid expansion of the corporate agenda in the field of health and health care. Rather than moving toward a system of universal access to medical care in the United States, the access to and quality of clinical services is being turned over increasingly to the insurance industry. Patients are now "clients" and clinical services are "product lines." More clinical research is now funded by the pharmaceutical industr…

  • Terrorism "Preparedness"

    Open AccessVictor W Sidel, Barry S LevyARTICLEThe AMA Journal of Ethic2004

    Terrorism preparedness has become an extraordinarily important topic in the United States, but the measures being taken in the name of preparedness have raised a number of deeply disturbing ethical issues. These include the magnitude of the resources being used, the diversion of these resources from other urgent public health efforts, and the risks to public health and to civil rights that certain "preparedness" measures bring with them

  • The Pitfalls of Bioterrorism Preparedness

    Hillel W Cohen, Robert M Gould et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2004Citada por: 9Referencias: 7

    Bioterrorism preparedness programs have contributed to death, illness, and waste of public health resources without evidence of benefit. Several deaths and many serious illnesses have resulted from the smallpox vaccination program; yet there is no clear evidence that a threat of smallpox exposure ever existed. The anthrax spores released in 2001 have been linked to secret US military laboratories—the resultant illnesses and deaths might not have …

  • Bioterrorism in the United States

    Victor W SidelARTICLEMedicine Conflict & Survival2003

    There are many definitions of terrorism and numerous examples of the use of explosives and small arms, especially against civilians and with the objective of instilling fear. Although chemical and biological agents have only rarely been used by terrorists, there has recently been much concern about the threat of bioterrorism and the role of future health personnel in counteracting it. Rational setting of priorities requires the balance of risks a…

  • From Woolsorters to Mail Sorters

    Victor W Sidel, Victor Sidel et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2002Referencias: 4

    Three items in this issue of the Journal review past and current topics regarding the cause and prevention of anthrax infection in humans. In Voices From the Past, Fee and Brown discuss the groundbreaking work of John Henry Bell on occupational anthrax among woolsorters in Bradford, England, after wool and hair were introduced from abroad in the middle of the 19th century.1 Bell, in a 1878 report—also presented in Voices From the Past—recommended…

  • Working together for health and human rights

    Victor W SidelARTICLEMedicine Conflict & Survival2000

    The right to a standard of living adequate for health and well-being is being denied to vast numbers of people all over the world through increasing disparities in income and in wealth. In the name of economic development, a number of international and national policies have increased the grossly uneven distribution of income, with ever-growing numbers of people living in poverty as well as in increasing depths of poverty. Globalization, cripplin…

  • Bioterrorism initiatives

    Hillel W Cohen, Robert M Gould et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health1999Citada por: 5Referencias: 5

    Bioterrorism initiatives: public health in reverse? H W Cohen, R M Gould, and V W SidelCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.89.11.1629 Published Online: October 07, 2011

  • Can sanctions be sanctioned

    Victor W SidelARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health1999Referencias: 5

    Can sanctions be sanctioned? V W SidelCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.89.10.1497 Published Online: October 07, 2011