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The article presents the case for stronger public policies in support of urban gardening as a means to improve public health. It considers several beneficial aspects of gardening, such as food security, economic development, exercise, psychological and community well-being, and environmental stewardship. It also considers some of the public health problems associated with urban agriculture and suggests policies to ameliorate them. In the balance, urban gardening has potential as an important element of urban public health.
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Agricultura/tendências , Saúde Pública , População Urbana , Política Pública , Estados UnidosRESUMO
KIE: All graduating physicians in the U.S.S.R. take an oath that since November 1983 has included a pledge to work for peace and the prevention of nuclear war. The authors compare the Soviet oath with those taken by American physicians, none of which mentions nuclear war, and give reasons why the medical profession in the Soviet Union may be more sensitive to this issue than its American counterpart. They explore the rationale behind professional oaths and codes, and identify changes in how physicians in the United States regard their responsibilities vis-à-vis individual patients and the public. Arguing that nuclear weapons pose the greatest threat ever to public health, Cassel et al. propose incorporating a commitment to work to prevent their use into the oath taken by American medical school graduates.^ieng
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Códigos de Ética , Ética Médica , Internacionalidade , Guerra Nuclear , American Medical Association , Prática Profissional , Responsabilidade Social , U.R.S.S. , Estados UnidosRESUMO
Chronic dementia syndromes are often assumed to be untreatable, and thus patients with these disorders are neglected and their condition worsens. Many interventions, however, can improve the functional capacity of these persons, and thus their abandonment has no ethical justification. Analysis of this problem points to psychological, educational, and institutional barriers responsible for the inadequate care of the demented. Physicians have the ability and power, and therefore the responsibility, to improve this situation.
