Will medical ethics be a casualty of the war on terror?

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 6-8

  Keram, Emily A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; IRAQ; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL STRESS; PHOBIA; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOLOGIST; PUNISHMENT; SOLDIER;

ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645703185     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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