Peeping into minds: unethical applications of science, collusion of health professionals

Peeping into minds: unethical applications of science, collusion of health professionals

Jesani, Amar

Karachi, Pakistan: CBEC, SIUT, 2008

English

20081200

This article talks about physicians and medical professionals participating in human rights violations and torture. It discusses different types of violations using modern medical techniques for the purpose of interrogation such as 'injections and intra-venous drips, voice-stress recorders and polygraphs, Electroencephalographs (EEG) and Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) machines'. Furthermore, it presents the question of whether medical professionals must participate in such activities if it was ordered by court. Also, it questions the ethicality of the death penalty performed by physicians since it violates their basic professional principles that states 'do no harm'.

8.5

8.5;2.1;21.1; 17.1

codes of ethics--[pri];malpractice--[pri];medical ethics--[pri];professional ethics--[pri];torture--[pri]

crime;neurosciences;prisoners

Bioethics Links. December 2008 4(2): 1-6

8.5; B00699

includes references No. 2