Humanitarian Assistance and Accountability: What Are We Really Talking About?

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 264-270

  Tan, Y S Andrew ^a   Von Schreeb, Johan ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

accountability; disasters; foreign medical teams; humanitarianism

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; DISASTER; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; RELIEF WORK; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ALTRUISM; DISASTERS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; RELIEF WORK; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 84930278118     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X15000254     Document Type: Article

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