Treating war detainees and terror suspects: Legal and ethical responsibilities of military physicians

Military Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 12 SUPPL., 2007, Pages 15-21

  Singh, Jerome Amir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ETHICS; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; LAW; PHYSICIAN; PRISONER; PUNISHMENT; RESPONSIBILITY; TERRORISM; VICTIM; WAR;

EID: 37249081212     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/milmed.173.supplement_2.15     Document Type: Conference Paper

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