Dilemmas, Challenges, and Ethics of Humanitarian Action: Reflections on Médecins Sans Frontières' Perception Project 9780773587892

A study of the perception issues and ethical dilemmas faced by humanitarian organizations.

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Dilemmas, Challenges, and Ethics of Humanitarian Action: Reflections on Médecins Sans Frontières' Perception Project
9780773587892

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Caroline Abu-Sada

Table of contents :
Cover
Copyright
Contents
Acronyms
Introduction
PART ONE - Perception of MSF as an Organization
1 - Reversing the Optics: MSF’s Perception Project
2 - At the Limits of Perception: Humanitarian Principles in Action
3 - The Nigerian Lead-poisoning Epidemic: The Role of Neoliberal Globalization and Challenges for Humanitarian Ethics
PART TWO - Perception of the Challenges Faced by Humanitarian Actors
4 - Western Clinical Health Ethics: How Well Do They Travel to Humanitarian Contexts?
5 - Programming, Footprints, and Relationships: The Link between Perceptions and Humanitarian Security
6 - Professionalizing Humanitarian Action
Conclusion: The Shape of Things to Come – An Essay on Humanitarian Challenges
MSF Charter
Contributors
Index

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