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Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on this pioneering Nobel-Prize-winning humanitarian group whose mission is \u201cmedical care and bearing witness.\u201d But since its inception in 1971, the mission of bearing witness has had to be tempered by real-life considerations, observes medical sociologist Renee Fox, author of a recent book on the organization. \u201cWhen they were young, they thought witnessing was an unmitigated virtue. As they matured they came to see how complex the ramifications of witnessing might be.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For decades now, the mission of this Nobel-Prize-winning humanitarian group has been \u201cmedical care and bearing witness.\u201d But bearing witness has had to be tempered by real-life considerations, observes medical sociologist Renee Fox. \u201cWhen they were young, they thought witnessing was an unmitigated virtue. 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