Drawing on first-hand data that are part of an ongoing sociological study of Médecins Sand Frontières/Doctors Without Borders, this lecture will focus on key principles and values of MSF, practical and moral dilemmas of its humanitarian and witnessing action, and how these value-commitments and dilemmas have been affected by the organization's development over the thirty years of its history and by changes in the world contexts in which it works.

Hosted by: Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities, Medical Humanities and Social Sciences Program, Medical Scholars Program

In conjunction with: College of Medicine, Department of Anthropology, Department of Community Health, Department of History, Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Philosophy, Department of Psychiatry, Department of Sociology, European Union Center, Institute of Communications Research, Nursing Institute, Program in Science, Technology, Information, and Medicine, Russian and East European Center, International Health Society, Physicians for Social Responsibility