Doctors, interrogation, and torture

British Medical Journal

Volumn 332, Issue 7556, 2006, Pages 1462-1463

  Justo, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARMY; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HUMAN DIGNITY; HUMAN RIGHTS; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISONER; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOLOGIST; TORTURE; UNITED STATES; WAR; ETHICS;

BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIANS; TORTURE;

EID: 33745699522     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.332.7556.1462     Document Type: Editorial

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