Ethics in times of conflict: Some reflections on Syria, in the backdrop of Iraq

BMJ Global Health

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Sen, Kasturi ^a   Hussain, Hamid ^b   Al Faisal, Waleed ^c  

^a WOLFSON COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAGHDAD   (Iraq)

^c DAMASCUS UNIVERSITY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

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EID: 85061120169     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20597908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2016-000149     Document Type: Article

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