Torture in Israel and the Occupied Territories

Evidence of complicity on the part of Israeli physicians in the torture of Palestinian detainees was described at a two-day international conference sponsored by the Association of Israeli and Palestinian Physicians for Human Rights (AIPPHR) and the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel. Charge...

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Published in:The Lancet (British edition) 1993-07, Vol.342 (8864), p.169-169
Main Author: Fine, JonathanE
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bioethics
Complicity
Criminal sentences
Generic drugs
Human Rights
Humans
Israel
Middle East
Morals
Pharmaceutical industry
Physicians
Prisoners
Professional Misconduct
Public Policy
Questioning
Torture
Wounds and Injuries
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Summary:Evidence of complicity on the part of Israeli physicians in the torture of Palestinian detainees was described at a two-day international conference sponsored by the Association of Israeli and Palestinian Physicians for Human Rights (AIPPHR) and the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel. Charges that interrogation procedures constitute torture are based on the need for a physician to certify prisoners as fit before interrogation.
ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/0140-6736(93)91363-Q