| Dilemmas in military medical ethics since 9/11. | |
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PMID: 14570019 Owner: KIE Status: MEDLINE |
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The attack on the United States by terrorists on 9/11 and the war with Iraq have raised new ethical questions for the military and for military physicians (Herman 2002; Elshtain 2003). How and when attacks may occur now is less predictable. Planes have been hijacked, and persons dressed as civilians may carry bombs to blow themselves and others up. These dangers pose an increased threat, and, thus, there is a need for new defensive measures. How far these measures should go is, however, greatly open to debate. One of the most difficult ethical question raised for the military and military doctors by these developments is what interrogation methods are permissable when questioning captured terrorists. The licitness of different interrogation practices is, however, only one of the ethical problems potentially encountered by military physicians now having to treat terrorists and POWs. The following discussion presents the major concerns regarding this and other issues. |
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Authors:
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Edmund G Howe |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Kennedy Institute of Ethics journal Volume: 13 ISSN: 1054-6863 ISO Abbreviation: Kennedy Inst Ethics J Publication Date: 2003 Jun |
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Created Date: 2003-10-21 Completed Date: 2003-10-30 Revised Date: 2004-11-17 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9109135 Medline TA: Kennedy Inst Ethics J Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 175-88 Citation Subset: E |
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Programs in Ethics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA. |
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Biological Warfare
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prevention & control Chemical Warfare / prevention & control Complicity* Drugs, Investigational / therapeutic use Ethics, Medical* Humans Informed Consent Internationality Iraq Military Medicine / ethics* Military Personnel* Patient Care / ethics Physician's Role* Prisoners* Suicide / prevention & control Terrorism / prevention & control* Therapeutic Human Experimentation / ethics Torture Triage / ethics* United States War* |
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0/Drugs, Investigational |
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