Moral experience of Canadian healthcare professionals in humanitarian work

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 518-524

  Hunt, Matthew R ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

emergency; ethics; healthcare professional; humanitarian; moral experience; natural hazard; non governmental organization

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MORALITY; MOTIVATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIEF WORK;

ALTRUISM; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; MOTIVATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIEF WORK;

EID: 77951644677     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00007445     Document Type: Article

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