Assessment of Torture and Ill Treatment of Detainees in Mexico: Attitudes and Experiences of Forensic Physicians

JAMA

Volumn 289, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 2135-2143

  Heisler, Michele ^a,b   Moreno, Alejandro ^a,c,d,e   DeMonner, Sonya ^b   Keller, Allen ^a,f   Iacopino, Vincent ^a  

^a PHYSICIANS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Brackenridge Hospital   (United States)

^f NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EXPERIENCE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEXICO; PATIENT MONITORING; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STANDARD; TORTURE; ARTICLE; DOCUMENTATION; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRISON; STATISTICS; WAR AND HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; WAR AND HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DATA COLLECTION; DOCUMENTATION; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; MEXICO; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRISONS; TORTURE;

EID: 0037986284     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.289.16.2135     Document Type: Review

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