Medicine and human rights: a proposal for international action
TitleMedicine and human rights: a proposal for international action
Call number174.2/0002
Object number06582t
Place of publicationKansas City, Missouri, United States
PublisherSheed & Ward
Year of publication
1994
Physical descriptionpp199-209
MaterialArticle
ISBN1556127529
NotesArticle from the book 'Medicine, ethics and the Third Reich' pp199-209
Description
Medical ethics are viewed as universal, and the use of the art of medicine to benefit individual patients is its core. There is universal condemnation of physicians who engage in 'crimes against humanity' such as torture, killing and involuntary human experimentation under government auspices.