Doctors must stand firm against human rights abuses, BMA

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<snip> Michael Wilks, who chairs the BMA medical ethics committee, says the actions of a small group of doctors in force-feeding, failing to report evidence of beatings and falsification of death certificates shames the entire US medical profession.

Writing in this week's BMA News, Dr Wilks says: ‘What is also shocking about the evidence of abuse at Guantánamo Bay prison camp and Abu Ghraib jail is the ineffective response of international bodies.'

He says the US administration, in removing all legal rights from detainees and reclassifying the definitions of torture, has allowed doctors to work in a legal and ethical vacuum.

Full text of story is available from the Press Office
British Medical Association http://www.bma.org.uk

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=33534

[Angry Girl]

1. Makes you want to cry

From wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippocratic_Oath

The Hippocratic Oath has been updated by the Declaration of Geneva. In the United Kingdom, the General Medical Council provides clear modern guidance in the form of its 'duties of a doctor' and 'Good Medical Practice' statements.


The Declaration of Geneva can be found here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_of_Geneva

Of the 10 oaths, these butchers have broken 6....

* I SOLEMNLY PLEDGE myself to consecrate my life to the service of humanity;

* I WILL PRACTICE my profession with conscience and dignity;

* THE HEALTH OF MY PATIENT will be my first consideration;

* I WILL MAINTAIN by all the means in my power, the honor and the noble traditions of the medical profession;

* I WILL NOT PERMIT considerations of age, disease or disability, creed, ethnic origin, gender, nationality, political affiliation, race, sexual orientation, or social standing to intervene between my duty and my patient;

* I WILL MAINTAIN the utmost respect for human life from its beginning even under threat and I will not use my medical knowledge contrary to the laws of humanity;

[WhiteTara]

2. may they rot in hell for their actions n/t