Partners: Discernment and humanitarian efforts in settings of violence

Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 506-515

  Campos, Nicole Gastineau ^c,d   Farmer, Paul ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Charity Hospital   (Haïti)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; COPING BEHAVIOR; CRIME; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; VIOLENCE; WAR; ALTRUISM; GOVERNMENT; GUATEMALA; HAITI; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEXICO; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; POLITICS; REVIEW; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

ALTRUISM; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; GOVERNMENT; GUATEMALA; HAITI; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEXICO; ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFIT; POLITICS; RUSSIA; VIOLENCE; WAR; WAR CRIMES;

EID: 4644294440     PISSN: 10731105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-720X.2003.tb00118.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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