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Models for Humanitarian Health Care Ethics

Abstract

Humanitarian health care practitioners working outside familiar settings, and without familiar supports, encounter ethical challenges both familiar and distinct. The ethical guidance they rely upon ought to reflect this. Using data from empirical studies, we explore the strengths and weaknesses of two ethical models that could serve as resources for understanding ethical challenges in humanitarian health care: clinical ethics and public health …

Authors

Schwartz L; Hunt M; Sinding C; Elit L; Redwood-Campbell L; Adelson N; de Laat S

Journal

Public Health Ethics, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 81–90

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Publication Date

April 1, 2012

DOI

10.1093/phe/phs005

ISSN

1754-9973