American physicians and dual loyalty obligations in the "war on terror"

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Post-September 11, 2001, the U.S. government has labeled thousands of Afghan war detainees "unlawful combatants". This label effectively deprives these detainees of the protection they would receive as "prisoners of wa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Singh Jerome Amir
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2003-08-01
Series:BMC Medical Ethics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6939/4/4