Mortality data in the age of drones‡. Issue 1 (2nd January 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Carruthers, Elspeth
• Is Part Of: Medicine, conflict, and survival. Volume 34:Issue 1(2018)
• Page Start: 39
• Page End: 45
• Publication Date: 2018-01-02
• Subjects: Mortality -- drones -- conflict -- public health -- epidemiology; War -- Medical aspects -- Periodicals; Social Medicine -- Periodicals; War -- Periodicals; World Health -- Periodicals; 616.98023
• DOI: 10.1080/13623699.2018.1461293
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1362-3699

Abstract

Abstract: Mortality data plays an essential role in shaping humanitarian, legal and ethical responses to conflict situations. The rise of drone warfare poses new questions regarding the accuracy and reliability of mortality data in conflict. This article examines some of the methodological and political challenges to collecting mortality data in drone warfare, and how the way in which drones are framed in public discourse contributes to these challenges.