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    In search of the 'new informal legitimacy' of Médecins Sans Frontières

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    Authors
    Calain, Philippe
    Affiliation
    Unité de Recherche sur les Enjeux et Pratiques Humanitaires (UREPH), Médecins Sans Frontières-Switzerland
    Issue Date
    2011-12-30
    Submitted date
    2013-06-20
    
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    Journal
    Public Health Ethics
    Abstract
    For medical humanitarian organizations, making their sources of legitimacy explicit is a useful exercise, in response to: misperceptions, concerns over the 'humanitarian space', controversies about specific humanitarian actions, challenges about resources allocation and moral suffering among humanitarian workers. This is also a difficult exercise, where normative criteria such as international law or humanitarian principles are often misrepresented as primary sources of legitimacy. This essay first argues for a morally principled definition of humanitarian medicine, based on the selfless intention of individual humanitarian actors. Taking Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) as a case in point, a common source of moral legitimacy for medical humanitarian organizations is their cosmopolitan appeal to distributive justice and collective responsibility. More informally, their legitimacy is grounded in the rightfulness of specific actions and choices. This implies a constant commitment to publicity and accountability. Legitimacy is also generated by tangible support from the public to individual organizations, by commitments to professional integrity, and by academic alliances to support evidence-based practice and operational research.
    Publisher
    Oxford University Press
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10144/302764
    DOI
    10.1093/phe/phr036
    PubMed ID
    22442647
    Additional Links
    http://cid.oxfordjournals.org//cgi/reprint/57/9/1351?ijkey=56xNTA/HM44tA&keytype=ref&siteid=cid
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    en
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    ISSN
    1754-9973
    ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
    10.1093/phe/phr036
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