Medical Humanitarianism provides comparative ethnographies of the moral, practical, and policy implications of modern medical humanitarian practice. It offers twelve vivid case studies that challenge readers to reach a more critical and compassionate understanding of humanitarian assistance.
Medical Humanitarianism provides comparative ethnographies of the moral, practical, and policy implications of modern medical humanitarian practice. It offers twelve vivid case studies that challenge readers to reach a more critical and compassionate understanding of humanitarian assistance.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Edited by Sharon Abramowitz and Catherine Panter-Brick. Foreword by Peter Piot
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Foreword —Peter Piot Bringing Life into Relief: Comparative Ethnographies of Humanitarian Practice —Sharon Abramowitz and Catherine Panter-Brick PART I. INTIMATE INTERVENTIONS: HEALTH WORKER EXPERIENCES IN HUMANITARIAN CONTEXTS Chapter 1. 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 Chapter 2. Compassion and Care at the Limits of Privilege: Haitian Doctors amid the Influx of Foreign Humanitarian Volunteers —Laura Wagner Chapter 3. Trust and Caregiving During a UNICEF-Funded Relief Operation in the Somali Region of Ethiopia —Lauren Carruth PART II. THE ARCHITECTURE OF HUMANITARIAN KNOWLEDGE, ETHICS, AND IMPERATIVES Chapter 4. Evidence and Narratives: Recounting Ongoing Violence in Darfur, Sudan —Alex de Waal Chapter 5. Life Beyond the Bubbles: Cognitive Dissonance and Humanitarian Impunity in Northern Uganda —Tim Allen Chapter 6. Staging a "Medical Coup"? Médecins Sans Frontières and the 2005 Food Crisis in Niger —Jean-Hervé Jézéquel PART III. STRONG STATES, WEAK STATES, AND CONTESTED HEALTH SOVEREIGNITIES Chapter 7. What Happens When MSF Leaves? Humanitarian Departure and Medical Sovereignty in Postconflict Liberia —Sharon Abramowitz Chapter 8. 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 Chapter 9. The British Military Medical Services and Contested Humanitarianism —Stuart Gordon PART IV. THE AFTERLIVES OF INTERVENTION Chapter 10. Anthropology and Medical Humanitarianism in the Age of Global Health Education —Peter Locke Chapter 11. The Creation of Emergency and Afterlife of Intervention: Reflections on Guinea Worm Eradication in Ghana —Amy Moran-Thomas Chapter 12. Medical NGOs in Strong States: Working the Margins of the Israeli Medical Bureaucracy —Ilil Benjamin Conclusion. A Measured Good —Peter Redfield List of Contributors Index
Foreword —Peter Piot Bringing Life into Relief: Comparative Ethnographies of Humanitarian Practice —Sharon Abramowitz and Catherine Panter-Brick PART I. INTIMATE INTERVENTIONS: HEALTH WORKER EXPERIENCES IN HUMANITARIAN CONTEXTS Chapter 1. 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 Chapter 2. Compassion and Care at the Limits of Privilege: Haitian Doctors amid the Influx of Foreign Humanitarian Volunteers —Laura Wagner Chapter 3. Trust and Caregiving During a UNICEF-Funded Relief Operation in the Somali Region of Ethiopia —Lauren Carruth PART II. THE ARCHITECTURE OF HUMANITARIAN KNOWLEDGE, ETHICS, AND IMPERATIVES Chapter 4. Evidence and Narratives: Recounting Ongoing Violence in Darfur, Sudan —Alex de Waal Chapter 5. Life Beyond the Bubbles: Cognitive Dissonance and Humanitarian Impunity in Northern Uganda —Tim Allen Chapter 6. Staging a "Medical Coup"? Médecins Sans Frontières and the 2005 Food Crisis in Niger —Jean-Hervé Jézéquel PART III. STRONG STATES, WEAK STATES, AND CONTESTED HEALTH SOVEREIGNITIES Chapter 7. What Happens When MSF Leaves? Humanitarian Departure and Medical Sovereignty in Postconflict Liberia —Sharon Abramowitz Chapter 8. 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 Chapter 9. The British Military Medical Services and Contested Humanitarianism —Stuart Gordon PART IV. THE AFTERLIVES OF INTERVENTION Chapter 10. Anthropology and Medical Humanitarianism in the Age of Global Health Education —Peter Locke Chapter 11. The Creation of Emergency and Afterlife of Intervention: Reflections on Guinea Worm Eradication in Ghana —Amy Moran-Thomas Chapter 12. Medical NGOs in Strong States: Working the Margins of the Israeli Medical Bureaucracy —Ilil Benjamin Conclusion. A Measured Good —Peter Redfield List of Contributors Index
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