Medical ethics and torture

¹Department of Forensic Medicine, Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal.

Journal of the Indian Medical Association

|January 19, 2000

Abstract:

Incidence of human right abuse and torture is increasing. The role of a doctor in torture is highlighted citing various declarations of different medical communities. Torture is generally accepted as unethical and all international organisations warned doctors against participation in torture.

Keywords:

War and Human Rights Abuses

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