@article{ref1,
title="Tackling the global challenge: humanitarian catastrophes",
journal="Western journal of emergency medicine",
year="2014",
author="Iserson, Kenneth V.",
volume="15",
number="2",
pages="231-240",
abstract="&quot;Humanitarian catastrophes,&quot; conflicts and calamities generating both widespread human suffering and destructive events, require a wide range of emergency resources. This paper answers a number of questions that humanitarian catastrophes generate: Why and how do the most-developed countries-those with the resources, capabilities, and willingness to help-intervene in specific types of disasters? What ethical and legal guidelines shape our interventions? How well do we achieve our goals? It then suggests a number of changes to improve humanitarian responses, including better NGO-government cooperation, increased research on the best disaster response methods, clarification of the criteria and roles for humanitarian (military) interventions, and development of post-2015 Millennium Development Goals with more accurate progress measures.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1936-900X",
doi="10.5811/westjem.2013.12.20125",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2013.12.20125"
}