Issue No 1

A New Vision of Health, Part 1

Features
A “Sea Change” in Attitude for Medicine
by Vice Adm. Michael Cowan, Medical Corps, U.S. Navy, Retired
Features
Welcome to the inaugural issue of Health21 magazine. I am proud that the wider wellness community is receiving a magazine designed to discuss today’s important health and medical issues for both health providers and consumers. During AMSUS’ 126-year life, the world of medicine has changed dramatically...
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Healthcare Requires a Fundamentally Different Approach
by Vice Admiral C. Forrest Faison, III, U.S. Navy Surgeon General and Chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Features
When the U.S. military returned from the longest conflict in its history, it did not return to a world at peace. The world was, and remains, turbulent and complex. Global peace and security, and U.S. national interests, demand a force that is ready, healthy and on the job where it matters and when it...
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Military Encourages Health over Healthcare
by Vice Admiral (Dr) Raquel C. Bono, Director, Defense Health Agency, Medical Corps, United States
Features
The U.S. Military Health System (MHS) is a unique trail-blazing health organization that takes justifiable pride in the uniqueness of its mission – ready to go anywhere, any time to provide exceptional care under the most austere conditions. The American military’s all-volunteer force makes tremendous...
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Departments
Wholeness, Health Awareness & Health Assessment
by Rico Sneller, PhD and assistant professor of Philosophical Anthropology, Institute of Philosophy, Leiden University, the Netherlands
Departments
Why be healthy? Is it obvious that health is an implicit goal in human lives? And if it is, what is health anyway? For, in trying to stay or to become healthy, people may be striving for a conditioned notion rather than for a known condition. Variegated conceptions of health exist, sometimes even being...
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Infrastructure Deficits Increase Global Health Insecurity
by Sylvanus A. Ayeni, MD and founder, Pan Africa Children Advocacy Watch
Departments
A strong correlation exists between infrastructure, development and health in any nation. Unfortunately, poor infrastructure has been the hallmark of most nations of Sub-Saharan Africa. This has been an ongoing problem since these nations obtained political independence from colonial powers mainly in...
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Operationalizing the Joint Concept of Health Support
by Stephen D. Sobczak, Senior Strategic Planner, Regional Health Command Europe
Departments
Regional Health Command Europe (RHCE) is the lead medical mission command organization that comprises the Army Health System in Europe (AHSE). The “RHCE Campaign Support plan serves a vital role in providing health services that support both Globally Integrated Operations and beneficiaries across Europe...
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Columns
New Vision of Health Demands New Vision of Dying
by Kathryn L. Tucker, JD, Executive Director, End of Life Liberty Project
Columns
Modern medicine can improve health and extend life. This is often the desired outcome and beneficial to the patient. However, in some instances patients dying of terminal illness find the dying process extended and unbearable.[1] Suffering may arise from an array of distressing symptoms, often cumulative...
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Veterans Health Administration Medicine in 2020
by AMSUS
Columns
Veterans have unique needs and often complicated health histories. The 9 million enrolled with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) cross multiple generations from World War II to the current conflicts. With changes in demographics, technology and direction of healthcare, it is critically important...
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India’s Health Infrastructure Causes Serious Concern
by Saikat Kumar Basu, MSc, Consultant, Pollinator Conservation
Columns
India, the world’s largest democracy, is represented by a population of more than 1.25 billion people and is expected to be the largest populous nation by 2050. It is a nation with tremendous diversity with respect to ethnicity, socio-cultural practices, customs and norms spread across a vast landmass...
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