Throwing the baby out with the bathwater: Can the military's role in global health crises be redeemed?

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 197-199

  Burkle, Frederick M ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS   (United States)

Author keywords

global health crises; hospital ships; military humanitarian assistance

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RELIEF WORK; REVIEW; SOLDIER; STANDARD;

ALTRUISM; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; RELIEF WORK; SECURITY MEASURES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84878321683     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X13000162     Document Type: Review

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