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Although nothing is specifically mentioned the author has an affiliation with New York Medical school. American Medical Association.
The article is supported by data analysis of accepted individuals in order to show the change in policy's effect on the contrbution to population increase of immigrants for medical resaons. This also includes a description and examples of the different parts of the law.
The articles arguments are supported with a look into the past, present, and future. They reference research done during the Vietnam War, people whom expierence PTSD, and the plans to come that will help provide pyschological help.
IPPNW is funded by donations and are a non-profit organization. They also recieved money upon recieving the nobel peace prize.
The app is funded throgh partnerships with medical associations such as DynaMed Plus, MUSC Health, and many more.
The article uses Fukushima as a catalyst to progress the discussion of creating a effective Nuclear Emergency Response Team. Schmid uses the examples of the unexpected flow of events to support the unprecedented need for a diverse group of individulals, not just "Scientific Elites". She compares the responses fromthe 1979 Three Mile Island incident to the current state of respond to show how little has changed dispite the short lived boost in attention.
“The smell of death was overpowering the moment a relief worker cracked open one of the hospital chapel’s wooden doors.”
“The physician, Anna Pou, defended herself on national television, saying her role was to “help” patients “
The main arguement is that there needs to be a larger emphasis on the biosocial understanding of medical phenomina, to help prevent or reverse disease infection in low income, diverse, or war strikin communities.