Dead letter or living document? Ten years of the Code of Conduct for disaster relief

Disasters

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 351-369

  Hilhorst, Dorothea ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Code of Conduct; Humanitarian NGOs; Humanitarian principles; Neutrality; Standards

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; HUMANITARIAN AID; STANDARD (REFERENCE);

ALTRUISM; CLASSIFICATION; DISASTER; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REVIEW;

ALTRUISM; CODES OF ETHICS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; RELIEF WORK;

EID: 28244467430     PISSN: 03613666     EISSN: 14677717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0361-3666.2005.00297.x     Document Type: Review

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