Medical Ethics Suborned by Tyranny and War

JAMA

Volumn 291, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1505-1506

  Pellegrino, Edmund D ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN RIGHTS; IRAQ; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORTURE; WAR; HUMAN; NOTE; POLITICAL SYSTEM; VIOLENCE; WAR AND HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES;

WAR AND HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES;

ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; IRAQ; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; POLITICAL SYSTEMS; VIOLENCE; WAR;

EID: 1642282118     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.291.12.1505     Document Type: Editorial

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