A Framework for Survival

First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Kevin M. Cahill is President and Director of the Center for international Health and Cooperation in New York City. He also serves as Director of the Tropical Disease Center at Lenox Hospital in New York, and is Professor and Chairman of the Department of International Health at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. He is Senior Medical Consultant to the UN Health Service and to numerous foreign governments, as well as Pope John Paul II's American doctor.

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First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Zusammenfassung
First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Inhalt

Introduction, Kevin M. Cahill; Part 1 Reality; Chapter 1 The Public-Health Consequences of Inaction, Michael J. Toole; Chapter 2 Clinical Aspects of Famine, Kevin M. Cahill; Chapter 3 When the System Doesn't Work, Jennifer Leaning; Chapter 4 Refugeewomen, Mary F. Diaz; Chapter 5 Mediating for Children, Nigel Fisher; Chapter 6 The American Medical Establishment, H. Jack Geiger; Chapter 7 The Contribution of International Humanitarian Law to the Restoration and Maintenance of Peace, Michel Veuthey; Chapter 8 Human Rights, Humanitarian Assistance and the Sovereignty of States, Richard Falk; Chapter 9 The Economics of Neglect, Partha Dasgupta; Chapter 10 Reflections from the Donor, Lord David Owen; Chapter 11 Concerns of Recipient States, Abdulrahim Abby Farah; Part 2 Players; Chapter 12 The Challenges of Humanitarian Action, Jan Eliasson; Chapter 13 The Plight of Refugees, Sadako Ogata; Chapter 14 Relief and Reality, Philip Johnston; Chapter 15 The MÉdecins Sans FrontiÈres Experience, Joelle Tanguy; Chapter 16 The Changing Roles of Voluntary Organizations, Aengus Finucane; Chapter 17 Bangladesh, Fazle H. Abed; Part 3 Solutions and Future Options; Chapter 18 Training for Humanitarian Assistance, Cahill Kevin M.; Chapter 19 Underwriting Humanitarian Assistance, Shepard Forman; Chapter 20 Learning the Lessons of Coordination, Larry Minear; Chapter 21 Meeting the Challenges of the New Millenium, Cyrus Vance;