Perilous medicine the struggle to protect health care from the violence of war

Perilous medicine the struggle to protect health care from the violence of war

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Rubenstein, Leonard S. author
Imprint:	New York Columbia University Press [2021]
Description:	1 online resource (xvi, 392 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	War -- Medical aspects. War -- Protection of civilians. Civilian war casualties. Civilian war casualties War -- Medical aspects War -- Protection of civilians Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13515128

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ISBN:	0231549822 9780231549820 9780231192460 0231192460
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 06, 2021)
Summary:	"Pervasive violence against hospitals, patients, doctors, and other health workers has become a horrifically common feature of modern war. These relentless attacks destroy lives and the capacity of health systems to tend to those in need. Inaction to stop this violence undermines long-standing values and laws designed to ensure that sick and wounded people receive care. Leonard Rubenstein-a human rights lawyer who has investigated atrocities against health workers around the world-offers a gripping and powerful account of the dangers health workers face during conflict and the legal, political, and moral struggle to protect them. He shares the stories of people who have been attacked while seeking to serve patients under dire circumstances: health workers in the forests of eastern Myanmar seeking to serve oppressed ethnic communities; surgeons in Syria operating as their hospitals are bombed; emergency responders in Gaza attempting to avoid gunfire as they rescue the wounded; and many others. Rubenstein reveals why violence against health care takes place with impunity, detailing how political and military leaders evade their obligations, improperly portray violence as legitimate, and fail to hold perpetrators to account. Bringing together extensive research, firsthand experience, and compelling personal stories, Perilous Medicine also offers a path forward, detailing the lessons the international community needs to learn to protect people already suffering in war and those on the front lines of health care in conflict-ridden places around the world"--
Other form:	Print version: Rubenstein, Leonard S. Perilous medicine New York : Columbia University Press, [2021] 9780231192460

Table of Contents:

Introduction: When the hospital is a battlefield
Protection of health care in war : a brief history
Denying care to enemies
Counter-terrorism : the devouring monster
Health care as a strategic target : Syria
Recklessness : the Saudi assault on Yemen
Obstruction : the Israel-Palestinian conflict
Armed groups : threats and violence by non-state actors
Challenges in making norms matter
Conclusion: Toward humanity and dignity