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Frequently Asked Questions of Prospective Humanitarian Health Professionals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

Brian S. Sorensen
Brian S. Sorensen*
Affiliation:
Senior Resident, Emergency Medicine Yale University/Yale-New Haven Hospital New Haven, Connecticut USA
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464 Congress Avenue Suite 260New Haven, Connecticut 06519 USA E-mail: brian.sorensen@yale.edu
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Extract

It is common for students and professionals considering a career in humanitarian health to have questions regarding the scope and nature of humanitarian work as well as the avenues by which one can enter the field. Because the profession is emerging and complex, answers to these questions may be difficult to find. This paper addresses several frequently asked questions of prospective humanitarian health professionals with information, experience and advice from current experts in the field. Special thanks to the distinguished contributors.

Keywords

careerhumanitarian assistancehumanitarian healthhumanitarian health careerpreparation
Type
Working Group 1
Information
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 24 , supplement S2: 2009 Humanitarian Action Summit , August 2009 , pp. s194 - s196
Copyright
Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 2009

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