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The following chapter is a description of the role of the humanitarian logistician as viewed through the eyes of a medical professional while working on the same team in Liberia during the Ebola crisis in 2014. Rather than being a technical explanation of logistical tasks, this chapter describes the heroic work the logisticians performed and how their work was critical in enabling the medical team to function, save lives, and survive.
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Wilson, D. (2016). Ode to the Humanitarian Logistician: Humanistic Logistics Through a Nurse’s Eye. In: Kotsireas, I., Nagurney, A., Pardalos, P. (eds) Dynamics of Disasters—Key Concepts, Models, Algorithms, and Insights. DOD 2015 2016. Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics, vol 185. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43709-5_18
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