Life in crisis [electronic resource] : the ethical journey of Doctors without Borders / Peter Redfield.
2013
RA390.F8 R43 2013eb
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Life in crisis [electronic resource] : the ethical journey of Doctors without Borders / Peter Redfield.
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9780520955189 (electronic bk.)
9780520274846
9780520274853 (pbk.)
9780520274846
9780520274853 (pbk.)
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Berkeley : University of California Press, c2013.
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English
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1 online resource (xiv, 298 p.) : ill.
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RA390.F8 R43 2013eb
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362.1
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.
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Parts of the chapters were published previously.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of 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.
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.