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Title Dilemmas, challenges, and ethics of humanitarian action : reflections on Medecins Sans Frontieres Perception Project / edited by Caroline Abu-Sada
Published Montreal : Published for Medecins Sans Frontieres by McGill-Queen's University Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 138 pages)
Contents pt. 1 PERCEPTION OF MSF AS AN ORGANIZATION -- 1. Reversing the Optics: MSF's Perception Project / Khurshida Mambetova -- 2. At the Limits of Perception: Humanitarian Principles in Action / Frederik Matte -- 3. The Nigerian Lead-poisoning Epidemic: The Role of Neoliberal Globalization and the Challenges for Humanitarian Ethics / Donald C. Cole -- pt. 2 PERCEPTION OF THE CHALLENGES FACED BY HUMANITARIAN ACTORS -- 4. Western Clinical Health Ethics: How Well Do They Travel to Humanitarian Contexts? / Jennifer Ranford -- 5. Programming, Footprints, and Relationships: The Link between Perceptions and Humanitarian Security / Larissa Fast -- 6. Professionalizing Humanitarian Action / Kirsten Johnson
Summary What are the ethical issues involved in providing humanitarian aid? What is the real impact of humanitarian groups? Médecins Sans Frontières sought to answer these questions in the Perception Project, a study that spanned four years and more than ten countries. MSF interviewed close to 7,000 people in order to understand the ways that patients, populations, authorities, and communities perceive the Nobel Peace Prize-winning organization's principles and medical practices. While the quality of its medical action is renowned and praised, MSF struggles with the ability to respond to crises, the safety of its teams, and the development of effective interactions with diverse populations and authorities. Dilemmas, Challenges, and Ethics of Humanitarian Action is a series of reflections on the Perception Project that presents the insights and analyses of authors from a diverse array of fields including communications, ethics, medicine, humanitarian studies, and political science. At a time when humanitarian aid is under increasing scrutiny, this book provides insiders' perspectives on how one of largest and most influential non-governmental medical organizations can better serve those in need. Contributors include Caroline Abu-Sada (MSF Switzerland), Naomi Adelson (York University) Donald C. Cole (University of Toronto), François Cooren (Université de Montréal), Sonya De Laat (McMaster University), Laurie Elit (McMaster University), Larissa Fast (University of Notre-Dame), Matthew Hunt ( McGill University), Kirsten Johnson (McGill University), Khurshida Mambetova (Former MSF Canada), Frédéric Matte (Université de Montréal), John D. Pringle (University of Toronto), Lynda Redwood-Campbell (McMaster University), Lisa Schwartz (University of McMaster), Chris Sinding (McMaster), Jennifer Ranford (University of Waterloo), Peter Walker (Feinstein International Center, Tufts University)
Notes Based on papers presented at the MSF Perceptions Conference held in Montreal, Quebec on Feb. 11, 2011
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Médecins sans frontières (Association)
Médecins sans frontières (Association) -- Public opinion
SUBJECT Médecins sans frontières (Association)
Médecins sans frontières (Association) fast
Subject Humanitarian assistance -- Political aspects
Humanitarian assistance -- Moral and ethical aspects
Disaster medicine -- Political aspects
Disaster medicine -- Moral and ethical aspects
Voluntary health agencies.
Altruism.
International cooperation.
Politics, Practical.
Relief Work
Voluntary Health Agencies
Relief Work -- ethics
Altruism
International Cooperation
Politics
Public Opinion
Voluntary Health Agencies -- ethics
politics.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Health Care Issues.
MEDICAL -- Diseases.
MEDICAL -- Health Care Delivery.
MEDICAL -- Health Policy.
MEDICAL -- Public Health.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Disease & Health Issues.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations)
Voluntary health agencies
Politics, Practical
International cooperation
Altruism
Humanitarian assistance -- Political aspects
Public opinion
Form Electronic book
Author Abu-Sada, Caroline, 1979-
Médecins sans frontières (Association)
ISBN 9780773587892
0773587896