Medical Ethics and Human Rights Violations: The Iraqi Occupation of Kuwait and Its Aftermath
| Autor: | Robert H. Kirschner, Troyen A. Brennan |
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| Rok vydání: | 1992 |
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Moral Obligations
Warfare medicine.medical_specialty Internationality Human Rights Torture media_common.quotation_subject Poison control Violence Suicide prevention parasitic diseases Health care Internal Medicine Medicine Ethics Medical Physician's Role Ethical Relativism media_common Human rights business.industry Public health Human factors and ergonomics General Medicine Gulf War Kuwait Law Iraq Professional Misconduct business Medical ethics |
| Zdroj: | Annals of Internal Medicine. 117:78 |
| ISSN: | 0003-4819 |
| DOI: | 10.7326/0003-4819-117-1-78 |
| Popis: | Immediately after the liberation of Kuwait by a coalition of allied forces in March 1991, representatives of Physicians for Human Rights traveled to Kuwait and conducted an inquiry into human rights violations allegedly perpetrated by Iraqi forces. The inquiry focused on the abuses that were said to have occurred in health care institutions. Human rights abuses by the Iraqis in Kuwaiti hospitals were documented, but certain allegations proved to be unfounded. However, Kuwaiti abuses of those accused of collaborating with the Iraqi invaders, in particular Palestinian citizens of Kuwait, were also observed. The trip and inquiry generated questions about the scope and applicability of medical ethical principles to physicians in different cultures and in situations unlike those in which medicine is normally practiced. In light of the Kuwait experience, Physicians for Human Rights has drawn tentative conclusions about the universal nature of medical ethics. |
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