Ethical challenges for doctors working in immigration detention
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Ethical challenges for doctors working in immigration detention.
The health of asylum seekers in Australia’s immigration detention centres has been the subject of a doctors’ letter of concern and two recent reports.1-3 Here, we present an analysis of the ethical dilemmas faced by health practitioners working in these centres1 and seek to promote a strong and considered policy discussion. Australia’s Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) cont...
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عنوان ژورنال: Medical Journal of Australia
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0025-729X,1326-5377
DOI: 10.5694/mja14.01014