Download or read book Concepts and Practice of Humanitarian Medicine written by S. William A. Gunn and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-10-23 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book seeks to define the field of humanitarian medicine. It gathers new and previously-published articles and speeches that set out the principles of humanitarian medicine, starting with the idea of health as a human right, and examining topics such as quality of life, torture, and nuclear conflict. The book takes a historical view and its contributors include Nobel laureates Kofi Annan and Joseph Rotblat.