Thank you Douglas
If we public health professionals watch avoidable causes of harm to health and well-being of population to the scale that is happening in Israel and Palestine we will be neglecting fundamental public health ethical and moral responsibility to debate promote social justice. However, we should be doing that with the ethical principle of respect.
Kind wishes
Andi
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From: Evidence based health (EBH) [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Douglas Badenoch
Sent: 24 July 2014 11:57
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Subject: Re: An open letter for the people in Gaza, the Lancet
Thanks Martin
I saw the message last night but decided to let it run. I'd like to congratulate the contributors so far in their measured responses.
Strictly speaking, with my list owner's hat on, you're right about the remit of the list. As list owner I've never been too rigid about enforcing the list remit to the letter. For one thing, it would be too much work for what is an unpaid role, and for another, it would stifle the value of the list itself.
Personally, I feel that the original post was both acceptable and morally important. Here we have an ongoing public health disaster and I do think it is right for us to consider it. The causes of avoidable harm are surely central to any evidence-based health discussion.
Avoiding "finger-pointing" in that context is a failure to address that aetiology. In my humble opinion of course!
Clearly not everyone agrees with that, but equally clearly some of our members do.
I think as long as we remain polite and respectful, and mindful of the purpose of the list, we can address this disastrous situation in a way that, at the very least, may remind those desperate people whose lives are being destroyed in this conflict that they are not forgotten.
Best regards
Douglas
Dawes, Martin wrote:
> I think Douglas Badenoch who runs this list is not available to see
> this posting so I am taking the liberty of reminding people of the use
> of the list as posted on the JISC web site
> https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=evidence-based-health
>
> /This list is for discussion of teaching, practice and implementation
> of EBH. / / / I would respectfully suggest that we close this
> discussion.
>
> Martin
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> /
> /
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> From: Mike Kronenfeld <[log in to unmask]
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> Reply-To: Mike Kronenfeld <[log in to unmask]
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> Date: Wednesday, 23 July 2014 15:35
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> Subject: Fwd: An open letter for the people in Gaza, the Lancet
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> I want to protest that this is an inappropriate use of this listserv
> which is not an appropriate place to have a discussion on what is
> currently happening in Gaza.
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> Michael Kronenfeld
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> From: *Nourieh Hoveyda* <[log in to unmask]
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> Date: Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 3:18 PM
> Subject: An open letter for the people in Gaza, the Lancet
> To: [log in to unmask]
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>
> Dear colleagues
>
> An open letter for the people in Gaza, published in the Lancet 23rd of
> July 2014, By Paola Manduca, Iain Chalmers, Derek Summerfield, Mads
> Gilbert, Swee Ang, on behalf of 24 signatories
>
> If you wish to read / support the letter please see link
> http://www.thelancet.com/gaza-letter-2014
>
> Kind regards
> Nourieh
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>
>
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