Medical humanitarianism : ethnographies of practice

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Label

Medical humanitarianism : ethnographies of practice

Title remainder

ethnographies of practice

Statement of responsibility

edited by Sharon Abramowitz and Catherine Panter-Brick

Contributor

• Panter-Brick, Catherine, 1959-
• Abramowitz, Sharon Alane

Author

• Panter-Brick, Catherine, 1959-
• Abramowitz, Sharon Alane

Editor

• Abramowitz, Sharon Alane
• Panter-Brick, Catherine, 1959-

Subject

• Case studies
• Disaster Medicine
• Disaster medicine
• Disaster medicine -- Case studies
• Electronic books
• Humanitarian assistance
• Humanitarian assistance -- Case studies
• Medical Assistance
• Medical anthropology
• Medical anthropology -- Case studies
• Medical assistance
• Medical assistance -- Case studies
• SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Disease & Health Issues
• Anthropology, Medical
• Case Reports

Genre

• Case Reports
• Case studies
• Electronic books

Language

eng

Summary

Medical humanitarianism--medical and other health-related initiatives undertaken in conditions born of conflict, neglect, or disaster--has a prominent and growing presence in international development, global health, and human security interventions. [This book] features twelve essays that fold back the curtains on the individual experiences, institutional practices, and cultural forces that shape humanitarian practice. Contributors offer vivid and often dramatic insights into the experiences of local humanitarian workers in the Afghan-Pakistan border areas, national doctors coping with influxes of foreign humanitarian volunteers in Haiti, military doctors working for the British Army in Iraq and Afghanistan, and human rights-oriented volunteers within the Israeli medical bureaucracy. They analyze our contested understanding of lethal violence in Darfur, food-crisis responses in Niger, humanitarian knowledge in Ugandan IDP camps, and humanitarian departures in Liberia. They depict the local dynamics of healthcare delivery work to alleviate human suffering in Somali areas of Ethiopia, the emergency metaphors of global health campaigns from Ghana to war-torn Sudan, the fraught negotiations of humanitarians with strong state institutions in Indonesia, and the ambiguous character of research ethics espoused by missions in Sierra Leone. In providing well-grounded case studies, Medical Humanitarianism will engage both scholars and practitioners working at the interface of humanitarian medicine, global health interventions, and the social sciences. Editors Sharon Abramowitz and Catherine Panter-Brick challenge the reader to reach a more critical and compassionate understand of humanitarian assistance. -- Inside jacket flaps

Member of

• Pennsylvania studies in human rights

Is part of

• Rights, Action, and Social Responsibility

Cataloging source

JSTOR

Index

index present

Language note

In English

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography

Series statement

Pennsylvania studies in human rights