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Doctors and Torture - Medicine at the Crossroads (Paperback, 1st ed. 2019)
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Doctors and Torture - Medicine at the Crossroads (Paperback, 1st ed. 2019)
Series: International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine, 80
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This book brings into sharp relief the extent to which the medical
profession has enabled or participated in actions that are at moral
crossroads. Physical and psychological abuse and violations of
medical codes have already been brought to light by concerned
bioethicists responding to ethical lapses of the "war on terror."
This book goes to the next level by looking at three areas that
also merit our attention and call us to speak out against abuses.
These are (1) dehumanization (such as forced nudity, hooding,
sensory deprivation, exploitation of phobias, waterboarding, and
environmental manipulation), (2) non-consensual forced-feeding, and
(3) solitary confinement. Each area raises important questions for
the medical profession. Author Wanda Teays calls upon doctors and
nurses to reflect on the role they play in the unethical treatment
of prisoners and detainees by crossing moral boundaries around each
of these areas. In the process, we are reminded that bioethics is
global, not local - and the concerns of the discipline encompass
issues with a wider scope.
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