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Doctors and Medical Professionals - 2007
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Human Rights and psychiatry (Part 1 of 2): Should doctors be involved in interrogation or torture?
08/12/2007
They know the machinations of the mind better than many. So do mental health professionals have a legitimate role in the interrogation of prisoners of war or detainees, in the interests of national security? The American Psychiatric Association and Australia's equivalent have said 'no way'. The peak body for US psychologists have taken a different position. Torture, tough interrogation or treatment - where do the boundaries blur for healers who have taken the Hippocratic Oath?
