Ethical Challenges for Military Health Care Personnel

Taylor & Francis

Ethical Challenges for Military Health Care PersonnelDealing with Epidemics\nAuthor(s): Daniel Messelken, David Winkler\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781472480736, 978-1472480736\nSynopsis\nThis book examines the issue of ethics in the context of the provision of military health care in an epidemic.\n\nOutbreaks 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 withou.