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Public Health Ethics Advance Access published online on October 9, 2009
Public Health Ethics, doi:10.1093/phe/php027
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© The Author 2009. Published by Oxford University Press. Available online at www.phe.oxfordjournals.org

Commentary on "Cholera and Nothing More"

Matthew R. Hunt*

McMaster University and University of Montreal

* Corresponding author: Centre de recherche en éthique (CRÉUM), University of Montreal, C.P. 6128, succ. Centre-ville, Montreal, QC, H3C 3J7, Canada. Tel.: (514) 586 6814; Fax: (514) 343 7899; Email: 1matthew.hunt@gmail.com.

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In situations of conflict, environmental disaster or outbreak of infectious disease, local and national agencies may be unable to adequately respond to the needs of affected populations and individuals. In many locales around the world, international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) provide assistance during acute or protracted crises, and participate in post-crisis recovery and rehabilitation. National and expatriate staff of relief organizations work in varying degrees of partnership with local agencies and other humanitarian actors to address a wide range of needs including health care, nutrition, safe water, sanitation and shelter. Health professionals play key roles in these interventions. This field of health care practice presents distinct practical and ethical challenges for clinicians.

As in the case ‘Cholera and Nothing More’ presented by Delan Devakumar, health-related humanitarian projects are often characterized by features such as the prominence of public health concerns, narrow organizational remit and program mandates, widespread limitations of material and . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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