Medical ethics at Guantanamo Bay detention centre and in the US military: a time for reform

The Lancet

Volumn 374, Issue 9686, 2009, Pages 353-355

  Rubenstein, Leonard S ^a   Annas, George J ^b  

^a PHYSICIANS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARMY; ARTICLE; FEEDING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUNGER; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL HEALTH; MILITARY MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TORTURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67651011896     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60873-4     Document Type: Note

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