Physicians and international humanitarian law in complex emergencies: Controversies and future opportunities

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 239-243

  Hoffman, Michael H ^a  

^a Intl Humanitarian Law and Policy   (United States)

Author keywords

complex emergencies; concepts; conflict; Geneva Conventions; humanitarian law; international; leadership; military; physicians; war

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; DISASTER; EMERGENCY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; PHYSICIAN; WAR;

ALTRUISM; EMERGENCIES; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS; RELIEF WORK; WAR;

EID: 0035480827     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00043363     Document Type: Article

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