“Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international medical humanitarian organization created by doctors and journalists in France in 1971.
Today, MSF provides independent, impartial assistance in more than 60 countries to people whose survival is threatened by violence, neglect, or catastrophe, primarily due to armed conflict, epidemics, malnutrition, exclusion from health care, or natural disasters. MSF provides independent, impartial assistance to those most in need. MSF also reserves the right to speak out to bring attention to neglected crises, challenge inadequacies or abuse of the aid system, and to advocate for improved medical treatments and protocols.
In 1999, MSF received the Nobel Peace Prize.”
Books:
Bortolotti, Dan. Hope in Hell: Inside the World of Doctors
Without Borders. Richmond Hill, ON: Firefly Books, 2006. Print.
610.601 BOR
Morley, David. Healing Our World: Inside Doctors Without
Borders. Markham, ON: Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2006. Print.
610.601 MOR
Orbinski, James. An Imperfect Offering: Humanitarian Action
in the Twenty-First Century. Toronto: Anchor, 2009. Print.
610.92 ORB
Videos:
Triage:
Dr. James Orbinski's humanitarian dilemma. Dir. Patrick Reed. Mongrel Media/
National Film Board of Canada, 2009. DVD.
361.26 TRI
Web Sites:
Dispatches: MSF Canada's early beginnings
started with the idea of making a difference
http://www.msf.ca/en/article/dispatches-msf-canadas-early-beginnings-started-idea-making-differenceDoctors Without Borders
This site is maintained by the U.S. section of Doctors Without Borders
Médecins Sans Frontières/ Doctors Without Borders: Canada
MSF: MSF International Homepage
Times Topics: The New York Times: Doctors Without Borders
EBSCO Database:
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Bierman, J., and S.
Peterson "Death and devastation." Maclean's
104.17 (1991): 22. Middle Search Plus.
Web. 11 Feb. 2016.
Came, Barry "Bravery
without borders." Maclean's
112.43 (1999): 49. Middle Search Plus.
Web. 11 Feb. 2016.
"Dying to Help." Maclean's 117.41/42 (2004): 94. Middle Search Plus. Web. 11 Feb. 2016.
Givoni, Michal.
"Beyond The Humanitarian/Political Divide: Witnessing And The Making Of
Humanitarian Ethics." Journal Of
Human Rights 10.1 (2011): 55-75. Advanced
Placement Source. Web. 11 Feb. 2016.
Hill, Barry. "Making a
difference." Practice Nurse
36.10 (12 Dec. 2008): 36-37. Advanced
Placement Source. Web. 11 Feb. 2016.
Ibukun, Yinka.
"Nigeria's lead poisoning victims need long-term care, aid group says at
award ceremony." Canadian Press 19
May 2011. Canadian Reference Centre.
Web. 11 Feb. 2016.
Kent, Heather. "Dr.
Jonathan Brock: Large drop in a big bucket." CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal 160.3 (09 Feb. 1999):
301-301. Advanced Placement Source.
Web. 11 Feb. 2016.
Nzwili, Fredrick. "Aid Agencies
Suspend Operations As Church Leaders Work To End Conflict In South
Sudan." Christian Century 132.12 (2015): 13. Advanced
Placement Source. Web. 16 Feb. 2016.