A follow-up investigation on the quality of medical documents from examinations of Basque incommunicado detainees. The role of the medical doctors and national and international authorities in the prevention of ill-treatment and torture

Forensic Science International

Volumn 182, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 57-65

  Morentin, Benito ^a   Petersen, Hans D ^b,c   Callado, Luis F ^d   Idoyaga, M Itxaso ^e   Meana, J Javier ^d  

^a Basque Institute of Legal Medicine   (Spain)

^b Rehabiliterings og Forskningscentret for Torturofre   (Denmark)

^c Nordsjaellands Hospital   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^e Torturaren Aurkako Taldea   (Spain)

Author keywords

Forensic medicine; Ill treatment; Police custody; Prevention; Torture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EXHAUSTION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; TORTURE;

EID: 56749182089     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2008.10.002     Document Type: Article

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