Physician complicity in misrepresentation and omission of evidence of torture in postdetention medical examinations in Turkey

Article Abstract:

Many Turkish physicians appear to be glossing over injuries caused by torture when they examine political prisoners. Representatives from Physicians for Human Rights examined medical records of political prisoners, and interviewed the prisoners and the doctors who had examined them. In no case did the medical record accurately reflect the injuries sustained by the prisoner. A survey of 60 Turkish physicians attending a human rights conference revealed that many believed every person detained by the state is tortured.

Care and treatment, Practice, Turkey, Crime, Torture victims

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Assessment of torture and ill treatment of detainees in Mexico: attitudes and experiences of forensic physicians

Article Abstract:

Some people who are held in detention in Mexico are tortured or treated badly, according to a survey of 184 forensic doctors. Forty percent suspected that some detainees they examined had been tortured and 49% had documented forensic evidence of torture. Many said they were not properly trained to document torture, had limited photographic equipment, or were afraid of reprisals or police investigation if they reported this evidence.

Legal issues & crime, Mexico, Prisoners, Crimes against, Surveys, Torture

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Coercive US interrogation policies: A challenge to medical ethics

Article Abstract:

The US assistant secretary of defense for health affairs, in June 2005, released new ethical guidelines for all health care personnel participating in coercive interrogation practices. A discussion on how these guidelines enable physicians to facilitate and monitor abusive interrogation practices and subvert well-established ethical duties to support health and human dignity is presented.

United Kingdom, Public affairs, Ethics, Ethical aspects, Medical ethics, Coercive interrogation

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