Ethical dilemmas in medical humanitarian practice: Cases for reflection from Mèdecins Sans Frontières

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 162-165

  Sheather, Julian ^a   Shah, Tejshri ^b  

^a BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION   (United Kingdom)

^b MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT RIGHT; STANDARD;

ALTRUISM; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; MEDICAL MISSIONS, OFFICIAL; PATIENT RIGHTS;

EID: 79951747664     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: 14734257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2010.038448     Document Type: Article

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