The Resource Life in crisis : the ethical journey of Doctors without Borders, Peter Redfield
Life in crisis : the ethical journey of Doctors without Borders, Peter Redfield
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The item Life in crisis : the ethical journey of Doctors without Borders, Peter Redfield represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of San Diego Libraries.
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- Summary
- "Life in Crisis tells the story of Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders or MSF) and its effort to 'save lives' on a global scale. Begun in 1971 as a French alternative to the Red Cross, the MSF has grown into an international institution with a reputation for outspoken protest as well as technical efficiency. It has also expanded beyond emergency response, providing for a wider range of endeavors, including AIDS care. Yet its seemingly simple ethical goal proves deeply complex in practice. MSF continually faces the problem of defining its own limits. Its minimalist form of care recalls the promise of state welfare, but without political resolution or a sense of well-being beyond health and survival. Lacking utopian certainty, the group struggles when the moral clarity of crisis fades. Nevertheless, it continues to take action and innovate. Its organizational history illustrates both the logic and the tensions of casting humanitarian medicine into a leading role in international affairs"--Provided by publisher
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiv, 298 pages)
- Note
- Portions of some chapters were published previously
- Contents
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- A time of crisis
- A secular value of life
- Vital mobility
- Moral witness
- Human frontiers
- The problem of triage
- The longue durée of disease
- The verge of crisis
- Action beyond optimism
- Isbn
- 9780520955189
- Label
- Life in crisis : the ethical journey of Doctors without Borders
- Title
- Life in crisis
- Title remainder
- the ethical journey of Doctors without Borders
- Statement of responsibility
- Peter Redfield
- Title variation
- Ethical journey of Doctors without Borders
- Subject
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- Altruism
- Altruismus
- Anthropology, Cultural
- Disaster Medicine -- ethics
- Disaster medicine
- Disaster medicine
- Electronic books
- Ethnology
- Ethnology
- Etnologi
- Frivillig hjälpverksamhet
- HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases | General
- HEALTH & FITNESS -- Health Care Issues
- Health Policy
- Internationality
- Katastrofmedicin -- etik och moral
- Altruism
- MEDICAL -- Diseases
- MEDICAL -- Health Care Delivery
- MEDICAL -- Health Policy
- MEDICAL -- Public Health
- Medical policy
- Medical policy
- Medizinische Ethik
- Médecins sans frontières
- Médecins sans frontières (Association)
- Médecins sans frontières (Association)
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology | General
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Disease & Health Issues
- Voluntary Health Agencies -- ethics
- Voluntary health agencies
- Voluntary health agencies
- Kulturanthropologie
- Altruism
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Life in Crisis tells the story of Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders or MSF) and its effort to 'save lives' on a global scale. Begun in 1971 as a French alternative to the Red Cross, the MSF has grown into an international institution with a reputation for outspoken protest as well as technical efficiency. It has also expanded beyond emergency response, providing for a wider range of endeavors, including AIDS care. Yet its seemingly simple ethical goal proves deeply complex in practice. MSF continually faces the problem of defining its own limits. Its minimalist form of care recalls the promise of state welfare, but without political resolution or a sense of well-being beyond health and survival. Lacking utopian certainty, the group struggles when the moral clarity of crisis fades. Nevertheless, it continues to take action and innovate. Its organizational history illustrates both the logic and the tensions of casting humanitarian medicine into a leading role in international affairs"--Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- E7B
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1965-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Redfield, Peter
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Médecins sans frontières (Association)
- Médecins sans frontières (Association)
- Médecins sans frontières (Association)
- Médecins sans frontières
- Voluntary health agencies
- Altruism
- Ethnology
- Disaster medicine
- Medical policy
- Voluntary Health Agencies
- Altruism
- Anthropology, Cultural
- Disaster Medicine
- Health Policy
- Internationality
- HEALTH & FITNESS
- HEALTH & FITNESS
- MEDICAL
- MEDICAL
- MEDICAL
- MEDICAL
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- Altruism
- Disaster medicine
- Ethnology
- Medical policy
- Voluntary health agencies
- Medizinische Ethik
- Altruismus
- Kulturanthropologie
- Altruism
- Katastrofmedicin
- Etnologi
- Frivillig hjälpverksamhet
- Label
- Life in crisis : the ethical journey of Doctors without Borders, Peter Redfield
- Note
- Portions of some chapters were published previously
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- text
- still image
- Content type code
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- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- A time of crisis -- A secular value of life -- Vital mobility -- Moral witness -- Human frontiers -- The problem of triage -- The longue durée of disease -- The verge of crisis -- Action beyond optimism
- Control code
- ocn828736907
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiv, 298 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780520955189
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
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- 22573/ctt24f98d
- e3329077-5d47-4713-9a18-61d19e202274
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)828736907
- Label
- Life in crisis : the ethical journey of Doctors without Borders, Peter Redfield
- Note
- Portions of some chapters were published previously
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- A time of crisis -- A secular value of life -- Vital mobility -- Moral witness -- Human frontiers -- The problem of triage -- The longue durée of disease -- The verge of crisis -- Action beyond optimism
- Control code
- ocn828736907
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiv, 298 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780520955189
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
-
- 22573/ctt24f98d
- e3329077-5d47-4713-9a18-61d19e202274
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)828736907
Subject
- Altruism
- Altruismus
- Anthropology, Cultural
- Disaster Medicine -- ethics
- Disaster medicine
- Disaster medicine
- Electronic books
- Ethnology
- Ethnology
- Etnologi
- Frivillig hjälpverksamhet
- HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases | General
- HEALTH & FITNESS -- Health Care Issues
- Health Policy
- Internationality
- Katastrofmedicin -- etik och moral
- Altruism
- MEDICAL -- Diseases
- MEDICAL -- Health Care Delivery
- MEDICAL -- Health Policy
- MEDICAL -- Public Health
- Medical policy
- Medical policy
- Medizinische Ethik
- Médecins sans frontières
- Médecins sans frontières (Association)
- Médecins sans frontières (Association)
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology | General
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Disease & Health Issues
- Voluntary Health Agencies -- ethics
- Voluntary health agencies
- Voluntary health agencies
- Kulturanthropologie
- Altruism
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