The Nazi doctors trial and the international prohibition on medical involvement in torture.
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Unspeakably cruel--torture, medical ethics, and the law.
Torture is a particularly horrible crime, and any participation of physicians in torture has always been difficult to comprehend. As General Telford Taylor explained to the American judges at the trial of the Nazi doctors in Nuremberg, Germany (called the "Doctors' Trial"), "To kill, to maim, and to torture is criminal under all modern systems of law . . . yet these [physician] defendants, all ...
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More than 7% of all German physicians became members of the Nazi SS during World War II, compared with less than 1% of the general population. In so doing, these doctors willingly participated in genocide, something that should have been antithetical to the values of their chosen profession. The participation of physicians in torture and murder both before and after World War II is a disturbing...
متن کاملDoctors' involvement in torture.
Doctors from both non-democratic and democratic countries are involved in torture. The majority of doctors involved in torture are doctors at risk. Doctors at risk might compromise their ethical duty towards patients for the following possible reasons: individual factors (such as career, economic or ideological reasons), threats, orders from a higher ranking officer, political initiatives, work...
متن کاملStatutes of the International Tribunal for Investigation of Torture.
The tribunal was set up to deal with acts of torture for which members of the medical or legal profession are alleged to be responsible. The tribunal is independent, international and permanent. It consists of five to nine members, a majority of whom must be doctors. A member who is a national of the country which is alleged to be responsible for the acts of torture shall step down from his/her...
متن کاملThe ethics of medical involvement in torture.
The difficulties of establishing a definition of torture are discussed, and a definition is suggested. It is then argued that, irrespective of general ethical questions, doctors in particular should never be involved because of their social role.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Loyola of Los Angeles international and comparative law journal
دوره 15 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1993