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  • Ethical Issues Arising in Responding to Disasters:Need for a Focus on Preparation, Prioritisation and Protection
  • Anant Bhan (bio)
Anant Bhan

Anant Bhan is an independent researcher in bioethics and public health based in India. His work involves trainings in bioethics, as well as research on ethical, social and cultural issues in health biotechnology for the developing world. Dr Bhan's main area of interest is global/public health ethics and research ethics.

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1. G7 nations pledge debt relief for quake-hit Haiti (2010) Available at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8502567.stm [accessed 22 February 2010].

2. Disaster Risk Management (year not specified) Available at http://go.worldbank.org/BCQUXRXOWO [accessed 22 February 2010].

3. Isalkar, U. and S. Shinde (2010) Colleges don't teach emergency medicine. The Times of India, 24 February 2010.

4. Bhan, A. (2009) Media management during disasters might also require protecting patient privacy and rights, Indian Journal of Medical Sciences, 63 (4), 163-4.

5. Hunt, M.R. (2008) Ethics beyond borders: How Health Professionals Experience Ethics in Humanitarian Assistance and Development Work, Developing World Bioethics, 8 (2), 59-69.

6. Sumathipala, A. and S. Siribaddana (2005) Research and clinical ethics after the tsunami: Sri Lanka, Lancet, 366 (9495), 1418-20.

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