Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Batniji, Rajaie

Titel

The art of medicine: Searching for dignity

Ist Teil von

• The Lancet (British edition), 2012-08, Vol.380 (9840), p.466

Ort / Verlag

London: Elsevier Limited

Erscheinungsjahr

2012

Quelle

Elsevier ScienceDirect Journals

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Ahmed suggested that an alternative to "trauma" might be "mousiba", meaning tragedy. Since Gazans live in constant fear and insecurity, they are not typically shocked by violence. Foreign aid, ostensibly provided to relieve the suffering of Palestinians, has in some ways increased social fragmentation. Since the takeover of Gaza by Hamas in 2007, after winning the 2006 election, some political actors have used foreign aid in an effort to create a prosperous and healthy West Bank, and a sick and impoverished Gaza. [...]official development assistance has, according to the Organisation for Economic Coopera tion and Development, more than doubled since 2006, from disbursements of US$1.2 billion in 2006 to disbursements of $2.7 billion in 2009 and $2.5 billion in 2010.