PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Messelken, Daniel
TI  - The <em>‘peace</em>
<em>role</em>
<em>’</em> of healthcare during war: understanding the importance of medical impartiality
AID  - 10.1136/jramc-2018-000982
DP  - 2019 Aug 01
TA  - Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps
PG  - 232--235
VI  - 165
IP  - 4
4099  - http://militaryhealth.bmj.com/content/165/4/232.short
4100  - http://militaryhealth.bmj.com/content/165/4/232.full
SO  - J R Army Med Corps2019 Aug 01; 165
AB  - This article argues that medical personnel of armed forces occupy a ‘ peace role ’, which continues and dominates their professional ethos during armed conflict. The specific role and its associated legal and ethical obligations are elaborated, and on that basis arguments are provided why and how the work of military healthcare providers is interpreted as a continuation of peace during war.