Faculty

Stephen A. Bezruchka

Senior Lecturer

Stephen Bezruchka works with the Department of Global Health MPH program. He has spent over 10 years in Nepal working in various health programs, and teaching in remote regions. He tries to draw attention to the socioeconomic determinants of the health of populations.

Population Health, Medical Harm, Qualitative Research.

• GH 514
  Global Population Health
• GH 500
  Global Health Seminar

• HSERV 482
  The Health of Populations
• HSERV 526
  Qualitative Research Methods for Public Health

Theories of global health asking the question why do countries order by health
outcomes such as life expectancy in the health Olympics?

Medical harm and the lack of interest in the USA for responding to this marked health risk.

Medical tourism and its affect on host populations

Bezruchka, S. (2008). "Becoming a Public Scholar to Improve the Health of the US
Population." Antipode 40(3): 455-462.

Bezruchka, S., T. Namekata, et al. (2008). "Improving Economic Equality and
Health: The Case of Postwar Japan." Am J Public Health 98(4): 589-594.

Bezruchka, S. (2007). Give U.S. Children Our Best. Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Seattle, April 29: J1-J3.

Bezruchka, S. (2006). Economic equality is best medicine: Health of societies
mostly relies on political and economic policies, not the individual treatment
of disease. Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Seattle, June 25: C1-C3.

Bezruchka, S. (2006). Chapter 1: Epidemiological Approaches. Staying Alive: Critical Perspectives on Health, Illness and Health Care. D. Raphael, T. Bryant and M. Rioux. Toronto, Canadian Scholars' Press.

Bezruchka, Stephen. Altitude Illness: Prevention and Treatment. 2nd Edition Seattle: The Mountaineers, 2005.

Bezruchka, S. and M. A. Mercer (2004). The Lethal Divide: How Economic Inequality Affects Health. Sickness and Wealth: The Corporate Assault on Global Health. M. Fort, M. A. Mercer and O. Gish. Boston, South End Press: 11-18

Bezruchka, S. (2004). "Population health issues relevant to neuroscience in Nepal." J Neuroscience 1(1): 4-9.

Bezruchka, S. (2003). THE (BIGGER) PICTURE OF HEALTH. Take Back Your Time: Fighting Overwork and Time Poverty in America. J. de Graaf. San Francisco, Berrett-Koehler: 84-90

Bezruchka, S. (2002). "Hierarchy and health are related." BMJ 324(7343): 978

Bezruchka, S. (2001). "Societal hierarchy and the health Olympics." Canadian Medical Association Journal 164(12): 1701-3

Bezruchka, S. (2001). Is Our Society Making You Sick? America's health lags behind that of more egalitarian nations. Newsweek: 14, February 26.

Bezruchka, S., G. Lluberas, et al. (2000). "Medical Tourism Letters and Response." Jr. Wilderness and Environmental Medicine 12: 63-65

Bezruchka, S. (2000). "Is globalization dangerous to our health?" West. Jr. Med. 172: 332-334

Bezruchka, S. (2000). "Editorial: Medical Tourism as Medical Harm to the Third World: Why? For Whom?" Jr. Wilderness and Environmental Medicine 11: 77-78

Bezruchka, S. (2000). Medical care may harm your health. Seattle Times. Seattle: B-5

Bezruchka, S. (1997). "Editorial: Tourism and the health of local populations." Jr. Wilderness and Environmental Medicine 8(2): 73-74

Bezruchka, S. (1996). "Editorial: Wilderness as medicine for the disabled." Jr. Wilderness and Environmental Medicine 7(4): 285-286

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