Developing nations have many challenges to the growth of emergency medical systems.
This development in Afghanistan is also complicated by many factors that plague post …

A critical issue in the study of humanitarianism is who counts as a medical humanitarian.
Military physicians are often characterized as caught between the potentially incompatible …

Objective: To study the impact of war on the workload/finances of a community hospital
adjacent to the front. Summary Background Data: Community hospitals located …

I will apply dietetic measures for the benefit of the sick and injured according to my ability
and judgement; I will keep them from harm and injustice Hippocrates 4th Century BC The …

I had worked in or for the British Armed Forces for over fifteen years when I saw my first
wounded enemy combatant receiving medical treatment from another soldier. In 2003, as a …

In unstable or low-income states, incapacity to react to population demands typically derives
from insufficient health systems. High-income countries have incentives to offer them health …

In 2007, Dr. Wilson deployed to Afghanistan as the physician for a 600-soldier Airborne
Infantry Battalion on a combat/counterinsurgency mission. During that 15-month …

Developing countries, including Afghanistan, encounter numerous challenges in
establishing and advancing their emergency medical systems. This paper addresses the …