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Humanitarian care and small things in dehumanised places

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 August 2013

Paul Bouvier
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ICRChumanitarian actionhumanitarian valuesICRC delegatesdetention visitsinterviewsill-treatmenthuman dignityconfidentialitytraumaresiliencecare
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International Review of the Red Cross , Volume 94 , Issue 888: ICRC: 150 years of Humanitarian Action , December 2012 , pp. 1537 - 1550
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Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 2013 

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