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Communicating during Humanitarian Medical Crises - The Consequences of Silence or "Temoignage" (Hardcover)
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Communicating during Humanitarian Medical Crises - The Consequences of Silence or "Temoignage" (Hardcover)
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The Promise and Perils of " Silence" or " Temoignage" During
Humanitarian Crises provides readers with a nuanced study of what
happens when historical and 21st century medical humanitarian
communities, armed with their idealistic rhetorics, choose whether
to speak out or remain silent during various military or medical
crises. The author uses a series of case studies from the late
nineteenth century to the early twenty-first century to illustrate
the politicized nature of these decisions. Unlike some that focus
on the prescriptive need to follow certain universal medical
humanitarian principles during crises, this book highlights the
precarious nature of what some scholars call "medical
advocacy/witnessing" or what the French call "temoignage." The
author argues that regardless of whether we are talking about lack
of action during colonial crises or the Holocaust, it is oftentimes
the lack of political will that determines how like "neutrality" or
"impartiality" are interpreted. The book also acquaints readers
with some of the challenges that have been recently posed to the
"new" humanitarian Doctors Without Borders personnel, who have
witnessed the targeting of medical hospitals and clinics. What
researchers call the weaponization of medical care affects many in
need living in places like Afghanistan, Iraq, Yemen, or Syria. The
author concludes the book by underscoring the point that it is the
presence or absence of political will, and not the inherent
epistemic value of medical humanitarian principles, that dictates
when this advocacy succeeds or fails.
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