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Coercive US Interrogation Policies
A Challenge to Medical Ethics
Leonard Rubenstein, JD;
Christian Pross, MD;
Frank Davidoff, MD;
Vincent Iacopino, MD, PhD
JAMA. 2005;294:1544-1549.
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As world attention has focused on allegations of torture and ill treatment (cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment or punishment)1 by US forces, there have been questions about the role of physicians and other health professionals in abusive interrogations.2-6 Considerable light has been shed on these allegations by documents released in 2004 and 2005 under the Freedom of Information Act and official US Department of Defense (DoD) investigations initiated since the Abu Ghraib investigations in 2004, including an internal review of medical practices regarding detainees by the US Army surgeon general.7 Following the release of these documents and reports, in June 2005, the assistant secretary of defense for health affairs released new ethical guidelines8 for all health care personnel, including physicians, nurses, and medics. The new guidelines are troubling, however, because they do not come to terms with . . . [Full Text of this Article]International Ethical Standards for Physicians and Other Health Professionals
Author Affiliations: Physicians for Human Rights, Cambridge, Mass (Mr Rubenstein and Dr Iacopino); Center for the Treatment of Torture Victims, Berlin, Germany (Dr Pross); Hamburg Foundation for the Advancement of Research and Culture, Hamburg, Germany (Dr Pross); editor emeritus of Annals of Internal Medicine, Philadelphia, Pa (Dr Davidoff); and Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (Dr Iacopino).
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