When doctors go to war

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 352, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-6

  Bloche, M Gregg ^a,b   Marks, Jonathan H ^c,d  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Matrix Chambers   (United Kingdom)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; ARMY; HUMAN; LAW; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MILITARY MEDICINE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISONER; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RED CROSS; REVIEW; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; UNITED STATES; WAR;

WAR AND HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES;

CUBA; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; IRAQ; MILITARY MEDICINE; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PRISONERS; TORTURE; UNITED STATES; WAR;

EID: 11344273175     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp048346     Document Type: Review

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