HumEthNet team member, Lynda Redwood-Campbell, is featured in a recent article that revisits her experiences in the humanitarian efforts that followed the 2004 tsunami.
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Humanitarian Healthcare Ethics is a place to find practical and educational material for humanitarian healthcare workers as well as students and scholars of humanitarian healthcare ethics. The website developed out of empirical research on the ethical dilemmas faced by humanitarian healthcare professionals working in humanitarian crises, disasters or areas of extreme poverty.
5th Annual Workshop on Military Medical Ethics of the International Committee of Military Medicine
For the fifth time, the ICMM Reference Centre for Education on IHL and Ethics together with the Medical Services Directorate of the Swiss Armed Forces and the Center for Ethics of Zurich University organise their annual joint Workshop on Military…
Points of Intersection Revisited: The Ethics of Humanitarian Healthcare Practices
3rd Annual Upshur Lecture on Public Health Ethics Title: Points of Intersection Revisited: The Ethics of Humanitarian Healthcare Practice Speaker: Lisa Schwartz (McMaster University) Date: Wednesday, 12 November 2014 Time: 4:30-6:00pm Location: Room 108, Health Sciences Building, University of Toronto,…
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New Publication from HumEthNet Member John Pringle
Read "The unprecedented lead-poisoning outbreak: Ethical issues in a troubling broader context", Public Health Ethics first published online 11 September 2014.
The Humanitarian Health Ethics Analysis Tool: HHEAT Handbook is Now Available
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Caution Called for in the face of Ebola interventions
Recently, HumEthNet's Lisa Schwartz was asked to comment on the ethics of pursuing experimental treatment and prevention interventions in relation to the recent Ebola outbreak. Listen to her interview on CBC Hamilton and read her comments on Impact Ethics blog…
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Case Study: Co-opting of Aid Organizations
An international medical NGO is staffing a health clinic in a remote village located near a large-scale agriculture enterprise operated by a multinational corporation. Many of the clinic's patients are migrant workers who have come to the region seeking work…
World Health Assembly’s Recent Look at Health Care Under Attack
by Kacper Niburski, HumEthNet contributor Health can bridge the political. At its core, it is a fundamental cry of the humanity in all of us. Disease does not discriminate nor does sickness pledge partisanships. Only we do. The sixty-seventh World…
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Refugees and the EU: Human Dignity is at Stake
Researchers from the EU-funded COST Action project on ethical issues in disasters sign an open letter to EU citizens and politicians. Read the letter.
Health Care Under Attack: A Call for Action
Attacks on healthcare workers and facilities are increasing, in both conflict and non-conflict settings. The targeting of healthcare workers and facilities has grave consequences for the delivery of care and the right to health in such settings. Join a live-streaming…
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