Citation

Gellert GA. Br. Med. J. BMJ 1995; 311(7011): 995-1001.

Affiliation

Project HOPE Sciences Education Center, Millwood, VA 22646, USA.

Comment In:

BMJ 1995;311(7011):1001-2

Copyright

(Copyright © 1995, BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7580643

PMCID

PMC2550992

Abstract

This multidisciplinary review links three areas of legitimate inquiry for practitioners of medicine and public health. The first is occurrences of mass violence or genocide perpetrated against vulnerable populations, with a focus on the failure of national and international mechanisms to prevent or predict such violence. The second is evolving concepts of national sovereignty and an emerging framework in which the imperative to assist vulnerable populations supersedes a state's right to self determination. The last is how medical, public health, and other systems of surveillance and rapid assessment of mass violence can accelerate public awareness and facilitate structured, consistent political decision making to prevent mass violence and to provide international humanitarian assistance.

Language: en