title: Relations between ethnic Croats and ethnic Serbs at Vukovar General Hospital in wartime and peacetime.
abstract: This article examines war and peacetime ethnic relations at Vukovar General Hospital in Croatia's Eastern Slavonia region. A negotiated peace agreement paved the way for a multi-sectored approach to the reintegration of Eastern Slavonia back into the state and rapprochement between ethnic groups under the supervision of a United Nations transitional administration. This case study provides a glimpse into the realities of those peace-building processes on an institutional level in Eastern Slavonia's healthcare system. The reintegration of Vukovar hospital, the transition of Eastern Slavonia's health sector and peace-building in the region in general received much deserved accolades despite some flaws and minor setbacks. These experiences can still serve as a model for the rest of Croatia and for other countries emerging from civil conflicts.
authors.affiliation: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel St, London WC1 7HT. jbloom@post.harvard.edu
authors.forename: Joshua D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Bloom
authors.forename: Egbert
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sondorp
mesh_terms: D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D017523:Croatia; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000523:psychology*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000941:ethics; D006742:Hospital Bed Capacity; D006769:Hospitals, General / Q000941:ethics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008913:Minority Groups; D010564:Personnel, Hospital / Q000145:classification / Q000523:psychology* / Q000600:supply & distribution; D013997:Time Factors; D014480:United Nations; D014858:War Crimes / Q000208:ethnology; D014857:Warfare; D015022:Yugoslavia