All Entries Tagged With: "Health and Human Rights"
Oct. 31 – What Is Going On With Healthcare Reform?
Are you confused or frustrated by the healthcare reform debate? Do you want to do something, but don’t know what to do? Would you like to get information and talk with friends and colleagues? Therapists for Social Responsibility invites you to a conversation with Jackie Goldberg Former Assemblymember, LAUSD Board Member, lifelong activist.
Aug. 24 – Gerald Kominski – “Whither Health Care: The Debate Over Reform” Global Security Seminar
WHEN: Monday, August 24, 6pm WHERE: UCLA Faculty Center RSVP: By August 21, 11:00 AM, bennettramberg@aol.com Topic: “The U.S. spends more than any other nation on health care, but has the highest rate of uninsurance of any industrial nation and lags in performance on a variety of health indicators. To address the ongoing issues of [...]
PSR Statement on Healthcare Reform in the United States
For physicians, and indeed for all health workers, promoting health for all is a clear social responsibility. The United States devotes enormous resources to medical care, well over 50% more per person than any other nation — yet it ranks 45th in the world in life expectancy and 33rd in infant mortality.
PSR-LA Co-Convenes the First South Los Angeles Health & Human Rights Conference
There is a fundamental crisis of health and human rights in south Los Angeles. South L.A. has the poorest health outcomes and indicators in the County of Los Angeles‚ mirroring the health status in some developing nations. Homelessness, slum housing, violence, food disparity and lack of resources reflect the underlying epidemic in the social determinants of poor health.
Oct. 11 – Taking a Stand: Being a Socially Conscious Therapist
Echo Park United Methodist Church 1226 Alvarado Street, Los Angeles, CA 90026 $25 participation fee (no one turned away for lack of funds) Call Ana at 213-689-9170 to RSVP A workshop designed to open up space for therapists to explore their own values and resources and to connect with others who are interested in taking [...]
California Condemns Medical Torture
The California Legislature adopted Senate Joint Resolution (SJR) 19 on August 14, 2008 a resolution aimed at preventing California health professionals from engaging in coercive interrogations of detainees at Guantánamo and other U.S. military prisons. PSR-LA was a driving force in developing and driving this resolution to success. SJR 19 instructs the state’s licensing boards [...]
Shaping the Global Warming Solutions Act for California
The passage of the Global Warming Solutions Act (AB 32) was only the first step in attempting to reduce green house gases in California. As with any law, the devil is always in the details. PSR-LA staff is now involved in the implementation of AB 32. Over the next few months PSR-LA will be reviewing [...]
Sept. 23 – Global Security Seminar with Greg Townsend – “Bringing War Criminals to Justice”
UCLA Faculty Center Dinner served at a cost of $25 per person RSVP to bennettramberg@aol.com by 11am, September 22 Activists, scholars, elected officials, business-people, diplomats and health care professionals join together at monthly seminars co-sponsored by PSR-LA and the Center for Defense Information. September’s speaker, Greg Townsend, served as a Public Defender in Los Angeles, [...]
Bed-Bugs and Beyond: A Case for Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Recently, there has been quite a bit of media attention given to the resurgence of bed-bugs in southern California and across the U.S. These tiny parasites that are notoriously difficult to kill or contain have returned in full force. Resistant strains of “super” bed-bugs are infesting mattresses at an alarming rate across the country. Pest [...]
The Iraq War and the Health of Children
As we lead our daily lives, it is too difficult for most people to think about what is happening to children in Iraq. Though we are naturally concerned about the physical and psychological health of our own children, many of whom have been sent to fight and participate in a seemingly endless occupation, we must [...]
Californians Against Medical Torture Scores First Victory
Last year, PSR-LA joined forces with American Friends Service Committee, Program for Torture Victims, and San Francisco Bay PSR, to form Californians Against Medical Torture. This coalition scored its first victory on January 14 with the passage of Senate Joint Resolution 19 ( Ridley –Thomas) out of the Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee, [...]
Medical Consequences of War in Iraq
On October 21, 2006, PSR-LA hosted a national conference on the effects of the Iraq war on both Iraqi citizens and their families and American troops and their families. Hundreds of people attended this important event held in the Grand Salon at UCLA’s Kerckoff Hall. Conference Topics and Speaker Presentations Conference Resources UCLA Today article [...]
The Society for Adolescent Medicine Conference
Two PSR physicians made a powerful presentation at the March 2007 national conference of the Society for Adolescent Medicine in Denver. The talk, entitled When Our Children Return From War, was presented by Evan Kanter MD, psychiatrist at the VA in Washington State, and Curren Warf MD, a pediatrician and adolescent medicine specialist in Los Angeles. This [...]
Action Alert – Wilshire Plaza Hotel
Little did the Coming Clean conference attendees (including PSR-LAʼs Martha Arguello and Emily Snider) know when they left by bus for their “L.A. toxic tour” on Saturday that they would return to find a picket of 75 hotel workers blocking the driveway. Being forced to cross a union picket line does not bode well with [...]
Interview with Gregg Bloche – Is It Torture?
Physicians for Social Responsibility-Los Angeles, American Friends Service Committee and the Program for Torture Victims are working to hold California licensees accountable to the Geneva Conventions – to not engage in torture. To further the campaign, on April 1 PSR-LA spoke with Gregg Bloche M.D., PhD. He is visiting Professor of Law at UCLA, and he [...]