Medical humanitarianism: ethnographies of practice

Bringing life into relief : comparative ethnographies of humanitarian practice / Sharon Abramowitz and Catherine Panter-Brick -- Dignity under extreme duress : the moral and emotional landscape of local humanitarian workers in the Afghan-Pakistan border areas / Patricia Omidian and Catherine Panter...

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Otros Autores: Abramowitz, Sharon Alane (Editor) ; Panter-Brick, Catherine 1959- (Editor)
Tipo de documento: Print Imagen
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Press [2015]
En:Año: 2015
Acceso en línea: Índice
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Sumario:Bringing life into relief : comparative ethnographies of humanitarian practice / Sharon Abramowitz and Catherine Panter-Brick -- Dignity under extreme duress : the moral and emotional landscape of local humanitarian workers in the Afghan-Pakistan border areas / Patricia Omidian and Catherine Panter-Brick -- Compassion and care at the limits of privilege : Haitian doctors amid the influx of foreign humanitarian volunteers / Laura Wagner -- Trust and caregiving during a UNICEF-funded relief operation in the Somali region of Ethiopia / Lauren Carruth -- Evidence and narratives : recounting ongoing violence in Darfur, Sudan / Alex de Waal -- Life beyond the bubbles : cognitive dissonance and humanitarian impunity in Northern Uganda / Tim Allen -- Staging a "medical coup"? : Médecins Sans Frontières and the 2005 food crisis in Niger / Jean-Hervé Jézéquel -- What happens when MSF leaves? : humanitarian departure and medical sovereignty in postconflict Liberia / Sharon Abramowitz -- Humanitarianism and "mobile sovereignty" in strong state settings : reflections on medical humanitarianism in Aceh, Indonesia / Byron J. Good, Jesse Hession Grayman, and Mary-Jo DelVecchio Good -- The British military medical services and contested humanitarianism / Stuart Gordon -- Anthropology and medical humanitarianism in the age of global health education / Peter Locke -- The creation of emergency and afterlife of intervention : reflections on guinea worm eradication in Ghana / Amy Moran-Thomas -- Medical NGOs in strong states : working the margins of the Israeli medical bureaucracy / Ilil Benjamin
Notas:Includes bibliographical references and index
Descripción Física:x, 274 Seiten, Illustrationen, 23 cm
ISBN:9780812247329