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The medical profession and human rights : handbook for a changing agenda / British Medical Association.

Title
The medical profession and human rights : handbook for a changing agenda / British Medical Association.
Publication
London ; New York : Zed Books ; London : In association with BMA ; New York : Distributed in the U.S. exclusively by Palgrave, c2001.

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British Medical Association.
Description
xxxiii, 561 p.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Ethics, Medical
  • Human Rights
  • Human rights > Health aspects
  • Human rights advocacy
  • Medical ethics
  • Physicians > Professional ethics
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Medical ethics and professional standards -- Ethics, morals, rights and needs -- Why abuse occurs -- Torture, cruel and degrading treatment -- Prison doctors -- The forensic doctor -- Capital and corporal punishment -- Trade in organs -- Research and experimentation on humans -- Neutrality -- Doctors and weapons -- Neglect or abuse in institutions -- 'Health' as a human rights objective -- Human rights of vulnerable women and children -- Doctors and asylum seekers -- Rehabilitation -- Truth or justice? -- Teaching ethics and human rights -- The role of professional associations -- Recommendations.
ISBN
  • 1856496112 (hb)
  • 1856496120 (pb)
LCCN
^^^00043429^
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library