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First Do No Harm: Medical Ethics in International Humanitarian Law
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Sigrid Mehring
Language:
English
Published/Copyright:
2015
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About this book
Although working on the sidelines of armed conflicts, physicians are often at the centre of attention. First Do No harm: Medical Ethics in International Humanitarian Law was born from the occasionally controversial role of physicians in recent armed conflicts and the legal and ethical rules that frame their actions. While international humanitarian, human rights and criminal law provide a framework of rights and obligations that bind physicians in armed conflicts, the reference to ‘medical ethics’ in the laws of armed conflict adds an extra-legal layer. In analysing both the legal and the ethical framework for physicians in armed conflict, the book is invaluable to practitioners and legal scholars alike.
Author / Editor information
Sigrid Mehring studied law at the University of Amsterdam and received her Ph.D. from the University of Hamburg. She was a Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law and has published widely on international humanitarian and criminal law.
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eBook published on:
November 27, 2014
eBook ISBN:
9789004279162
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Main content:
500
eBook ISBN:
9789004279162
Keywords for this book
war crimes; world medical association; Guantánamo Bay; hunger strike; medical ethics
Audience(s) for this book
Besides physicians, First do no harm: Medical Ethics in International Humanitarian Law is of interest to legal scholars and practitioners in international humanitarian and criminal law, ethicists and practitioners in the field.
