Ethical Challenges for Military Health Care Personnel: Dealing with Epidemics (Military and Defence Ethics)

Synopsis

This book examines the issue of ethics in the context of the provision of military health care in an epidemic. Outbreaks of epidemics like Ebola trigger difficult ethical challenges for civilian and military health care personnel. This book offers theoretical reflections combined with reports from recent military and NGO missions in the field. The authors of this volume focus on military medical ethics adding a distinct voice to the topic of epidemics and infectious diseases. While military health care personnel are always crucially involved during disaster relief operations and large-scale public health emergencies, most of the current literature treats ethical issues during epidemics from a more general perspective without taking into account the specifics of the military context. The contributions in this volume provide first-hand insights into some of the ethical issues encountered by military health care personnel in missions during the Ebola outbreak in 2014/2015. This practical perspective is complimented by academic analyses and theoretical reflections on ethical issues associated with epidemics. This book will be of much interest to students of military studies, ethics and African politics.

Copyright:

2018

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9781317141570

Related ISBNs:

9781315580258, 9781472480736, 9781472480736

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

02/27/20

Copyrighted By:

Daniel Messelken, David Winkler

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

History, Military, Nonfiction, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Medicine, Philosophy

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Bookshare Staff

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This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Daniel Messelken

Edited by:

David Winkler