Medical act in the crime of torture
Keywords:
Bioethics, Torture, Maleficence, Medical doctors, Legislation, Human Rights.Abstract
The present research verified if legislation created after World War II was able to inhibit maleficent behavior from medical doctors in the improvement and cover-up of torture. It was demonstrated the medical involvement in experiments with human beings during World War II and it was confirmed that medical maleficence was and still is part of our reality, allowing doctors to involve with torture since the Cold War until current days, especially in the United States’ war on terrorism, violating the basic principles of Bioethics. In the end the objective was to propose solutions, in light of notions of Bioethics, rules of International Law and Human Rights.
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