The Global Health Crisis of Solidarity: A Response to Recent Commentaries

Document Type : Correspondence

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1 Global Public Health Unit, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

2 Minamisoma Municipal General Hospital, Fukushima, Japan

3 Soma Central Hospital, Fukushima, Japan

4 Jyoban Hospital, Tokiwa Foundation, Fukushima, Japan

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We appreciate the thought-provoking responses to our article, Defining and Acting on Global Health: The Case of Japan and the Refugee Crisis, made by Oliver Razum and colleagues1 and Kayvan Bozorgmehr and Oliver Razum.2 ... (Read more...)

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  1. Razum O, Wenner J, Bozorgmehr K. How the spectre of societal homogeneity undermines equitable healthcare for refugees: Comment on “Defining and acting on global health: the case of Japan and the refugee crisis.” Int J Health Policy Manag. 2017; Forthcoming. doi:10.15171/ijhpm.2016.139
  2. Bozorgmehr K, Razum O. Forced migration and global responsibility for health: Comment on “Defining and acting on global health: the case of Japan and the refugee crisis.” Int J Health Policy Manag. 2017;  Forthcoming. doi:10.15171/ijhpm.2016.146
  3. Leppold C, Ozaki A, Shimada Y, Morita T, Tanimoto T. Defining and acting on global health: the case of Japan and the refugee crisis. Int J Health Policy Manag. 2016;5(8):457-460. Doi:10.15171/ijhpm.2016.68
  4. Sugimoto Y. The Japan Phenomenon and the Social Sciences: An Introduction to Japanese Society. 4th ed. Melbourne: Cambridge University Press; 2014.
  5. Razum O, Bozorgmehr K. Restricted entitlements and access to health care for refugees and immigrants: The example of Germany. Glob Soc Policy. 2016;16(3):321-324.
  6. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Global Trends: Forced Displacement in 2015. Geneva: UNHCR; 2016.
  7. Farmer P. Pathologies of power: Rethinking health and human rights. Am J Public Health. 1999;89:1486-1496.

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  • Receive Date: 29 January 2017
  • Revise Date: 25 February 2017
  • Accept Date: 16 February 2017
  • First Publish Date: 01 June 2017

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