The Israeli Field Hospital in Haiti — Ethical Dilemmas in Early Disaster Response

Ofer Merin, Nachman Ash, Gad Levy, Mitchell J. Schwaber, Yitshak Kreiss

New England Journal of Medicine · 2010 · 182 citations · 0 references

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Abstract

Dr. Ofer Merin and colleagues write that every mass-casualty event raises ethical issues concerning the priorities of treatment, but the Haiti disaster was exceptional in several ways.