Responsibility for protection of medical workers and facilities in armed conflict

The Lancet

Volumn 375, Issue 9711, 2010, Pages 329-340

  Rubenstein, Leonard S ^a   Bittle, Melanie D ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CONFLICT; DOCUMENTATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITIES AND SERVICES; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; LAW; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSIBILITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WAR; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 74749085402     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61926-7     Document Type: Note

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