Ethics in humanitarian aid work: Learning from the narratives of humanitarian health workers

AJOB Primary Research

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 45-54

  Schwartz, Lisa ^a   Sinding, Christina ^a   Hunt, Matthew ^a   Elit, Laurie ^a   Redwood Campbell, Lynda ^a   Adelson, Naomi ^b   Luther, Lori ^c   Ranford, Jennifer ^a   DeLaat, Sonya ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Juravinski Cancer Centre ^*

Author keywords

Bioethics; Ethics; Global health; Humanitarian aid

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956095746     PISSN: 21507716     EISSN: 21507724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21507716.2010.505898     Document Type: Article

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