Concepts and Practice of Humanitarian Medicine This book seeks to define the field of humanitarian medicine. It gathers new and previously published articles and speeches that set out the principles of humanitarian medicine starting with the idea of health as a human right and examining topics such as quality of life torture and nuclear conflict. The book takes a historical view and its contributors include Nobel laureates Kofi Annan and Joseph Rotblat. Defines humanitarian medicine as practiced and advanced by organizations like the UN WHO Red Cross Doctors without Borders and the International Association of Humanitarian Medicine (IAHM) which provide medical relief in developing countries as well as war and disaster situations