{"id":12940,"date":"1991-12-14T22:19:00","date_gmt":"1991-12-15T06:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=12940"},"modified":"2023-02-03T15:15:50","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T23:15:50","slug":"torture-and-the-participation-of-doctors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=12940","title":{"rendered":"Torture and the participation of doctors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ugur Cilasun<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"172\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/jmedicalethics.jpg\" alt=\"Journal of Medical Ethics\" class=\"wp-image-11057\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Journal of Medical Ethics<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>(Notes that no doctors in private practice were known to have been involved in torture in Turkey. Those involved were working part-time or full-time for the government, or in the military.)<br> <strong>Extract<\/strong><br>. . . Government pressure, on full or part-time employees, emerges in various forms. Doctors who refuse to participate in the act of torture can be accused of not obeying the orders of their immediate superiors and can be either dismissed from government service, or relocated to other posts with highly unfavourable working\/living conditions. Material considerations, fear of being removed from family, and the obvious threat of coming under suspicion of &#8216;secretly collaborating with public enemies&#8217;, etc, exerts such emotional pressure that doctors are forced to participate, directly or indirectly, in the act of torture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Cilasun U. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC1378166\/pdf\/jmedeth00280-0023.pdf\">Torture and the participation of doctors<\/a>. J Med Ethics. 1991 Dec;17(1):S21-S22. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ugur Cilasun (Notes that no doctors in private practice were known to have been involved in torture in Turkey. Those involved were working part-time or full-time for the government, or in the military.) Extract. . . Government pressure, on full or part-time employees, emerges in various forms. 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