Ethical codes in humanitarian emergencies: From practice to research?

Disasters

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 95-108

  Black, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Codes of conduct; Humanitarianism; Liberia; Research ethics

Indexed keywords

CIVIL WAR; DISASTER RELIEF; ETHICS; HUMANITARIAN AID; INTERNATIONAL AID;

LIBERIA;

EID: 0038507375     PISSN: 03613666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-7717.00222     Document Type: Article

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