TY - JOUR
T1 - Which will Trump
T2 - human rights and professional ethics, or torture redux?
AU - Marks, Jonathan H.
PY - 2017/1/2
Y1 - 2017/1/2
N2 - Recent political developments in the United States raise concerns about the potential return of aggressive interrogation strategies, particularly in the event of another large-scale terror attack on the U.S. mainland. This essay reviews various legal, ethical and policy responses to revelations of torture during the Bush administration. It asks whether they improve the prospect that, in future, human rights will trump torture, not vice versa. The essay argues that physicians could help prevent further abuses–especially given their access, social status and expertise–but that insufficient steps have been taken to empower them to do so.
AB - Recent political developments in the United States raise concerns about the potential return of aggressive interrogation strategies, particularly in the event of another large-scale terror attack on the U.S. mainland. This essay reviews various legal, ethical and policy responses to revelations of torture during the Bush administration. It asks whether they improve the prospect that, in future, human rights will trump torture, not vice versa. The essay argues that physicians could help prevent further abuses–especially given their access, social status and expertise–but that insufficient steps have been taken to empower them to do so.
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U2 - 10.1080/13623699.2017.1327148
DO - 10.1080/13623699.2017.1327148
M3 - Article
C2 - 28580862
AN - SCOPUS:85020204551
SN - 1362-3699
VL - 33
SP - 4
EP - 17
JO - Medicine, Conflict and Survival
JF - Medicine, Conflict and Survival
IS - 1
ER -
