The humanitarians' tragedy: Escapable and inescapable cruelties

Disasters

Volumn 34, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2010, Pages

  de Waal, Alex ^a  

^a SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict; Ethics; Humanitarian policy; Humanitarian principles; Red Cross

Indexed keywords

AID ORGANIZATION; ETHICS; HUMANITARIAN AID; POLICY APPROACH; WAR;

AGGRESSION; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ETHICS; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; POLICY; POLITICS; RED CROSS; RELIEF WORK;

AGGRESSION; ALTRUISM; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; POLITICS; PUBLIC POLICY; RED CROSS; RELIEF WORK; TRIAGE;

EID: 77951728672     PISSN: 03613666     EISSN: 14677717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7717.2010.01149.x     Document Type: Article

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