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ArticleConflict and health2020

Preparing humanitarians to address ethical problems.

Catherine R McGowan, Louisa Baxter, Marc DuBois, Julian Sheather, Ruma Khondaker, Rachael Cummings, Kevin Watkins

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Article in Conflict and health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Catherine R McGowanHumanitarian Public Health Technical Unit, Save the Children UK, 1 St John's Lane, London, EC1M 4AR, UK. c.mcgowan@savethechildren.org.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6941-6539
Louisa BaxterHumanitarian Public Health Technical Unit, Save the Children UK, 1 St John's Lane, London, EC1M 4AR, UK.
Marc DuBoisDepartment of Development Studies, SOAS University of London, 10 Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London, WC1H 0XG, UK.
Julian SheatherMédecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF), Lower Ground Floor, Chancery Exchange, 10 Furnival Street, London, EC4A 1AB, UK.
Ruma KhondakerMental Health and Psychosocial Support, Save the Children Bangladesh, Rohingya Response, Cox's Bazaar, Bangladesh.
Rachael CummingsHumanitarian Public Health Technical Unit, Save the Children UK, 1 St John's Lane, London, EC1M 4AR, UK.
Kevin WatkinsChief Executive Officer, Save the Children UK, 1 St John's Lane, London, EC1M 4AR, UK.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Infectious disease outbreaks represent potentially catastrophic threats to those affected by humanitarian crises. High transmissibility, crowded living conditions, widespread co-morbidities, and a lack of intensive care capacity may amplify the effects of the outbreak on already vulnerable populations and present humanitarian actors with intense ethical problems. We argue that there are significant and troubling gaps in ethical awareness at the level of humanitarian praxis. Though some ethical guidance does exist most of it is directed at public health experts and fails to speak to the day-to-day ethical challenges confronted by frontline humanitarians. In responding to infectious disease outbreaks humanitarian workers are likely to grapple with complex dilemmas opening the door to moral distress and burnout.

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PMCPMC7610160

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