Doctors and the war on terrorism

British Medical Journal

Volumn 329, Issue 7457, 2004, Pages 66-

  Hall, Peter ^a  

^a Doctors for Human Rights   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERRORISM; TORTURE;

EID: 3142550701     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.329.7457.66     Document Type: Editorial

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