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The BMA's torture report and afterwards.
Editor's note Sadly, Dr3John Dawson died on the 20th ofDecember 1990. For manyyears Dr Dawson had extensive interest and involvement, via his position at the Bn'tish Medical Association, with a number ofnational and international groups devoted to tackling the problems associated with 'torture and the medical profession'. He was instumental in the production ofthe firstBMA Torture Report and, a...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Medical Ethics
سال: 1991
ISSN: 0306-6800
DOI: 10.1136/jme.17.suppl.17