by Marshall Wallace | Nov 19, 2013 | CDA Perspectives Blog
Are We Caught Between Doing Harm or Doing Nothing in Syria? November 19, 2013 | Marshall Wallace Share this article Principles are guides for action, not excuses for inaction. The principle of Do No Harm (DNH) was never meant to prevent physicians from providing...
by Marshall Wallace | Oct 9, 2013 | CDA Perspectives Blog
Do No Harm at your Fingertips October 9, 2013 | Marshall Wallace Share this article The Germans have a word for it: Fingerspitzengefühl – fingertip feel. The seemingly intuitive understanding of a changing context that allows for rapid, good decision making in...
by Marshall Wallace | Oct 2, 2013 | CDA Perspectives Blog
Lens and Filter October 2, 2013 | Marshall Wallace Share this article In our field of humanitarianism and development, we often use the concept of a lens to discuss various themes we have determined are important. We refer to a gender lens or a human rights lens or a...
by Marshall Wallace | Sep 23, 2013 | CDA Perspectives Blog
Do No Harm is Three Things September 26, 2013 | Marshall Wallace Share this article Do No Harm is three things. It is a principle. It is a project. It is a practice.The principle is thousands of years old. Simply, it states that if you are trying to do good, you...
by Marshall Wallace | Feb 25, 2013 | CDA Perspectives Blog
Old Whines February 25, 2013 | Marshall Wallace Share this article I have heard several people praise Time to Listen for its thoroughness and depth, yet also state that there is nothing new in it. “We’ve heard it all before,” they say. Of course they are wrong. There...