| Description |
xv, 206 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction / Ruchama Marton -- 2. Associations / Dahlia Rabikovitch -- 3. Political evil: legalized and concealed sadism / Haim Gordon -- 4. The social response to torture in Israel / Stanley Cohen -- Workshop: strategies for an international campaign against torture in Israel / Jonathan E. Fine -- 5. The white coat passes like a shadow: the health profession and torture in Israel / Ruchama Marton -- 6. The conflict between medical ethics and security measures / Hernan Reyes -- 7. The role of codes of medical ethics in the prevention of torture / James Welsh -- 8. Where Is the Israeli Medical Association? / Mamdouh Al-Aker -- Workshop: codes of medical ethics as a tool in the struggle against torture / James Welsh -- 9. The history of the legal struggle against torture in Israel / Felicia Langer -- 10. Medico-legal death investigation in Israel / Robert H. Kirschner -- 11. The modern inquisition state / Avigdor Feldman |
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Workshop: possibilities for change through the courts / Lea Tsemel -- 12. Evidence of the use of torture / Inge Genefke -- 13. Torture and mental health: a survey of the experience of Palestinians in Israeli prisons / Eyad El-Sarraj -- 14. Compensation suits as an instrument in the rehabilitation of tortured people / Neve Gordon -- 15. The Medical Foundation and its commitment to human rights and rehabilitation / Helen Bamber -- Workshop: processes and questions involved in establishing a rehabilitation centre / Soren Bojholm -- Appendix A: International declarations concerning torture -- Appendix B: Codes of medical ethics concerning torture -- Appendix C: Documents concerning the practice of torture in Israel |
| Notes |
"In association with the Association of Israeli-Palestinian Physicians for Human Rights." |
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Includes index |
| Subject |
Human rights -- Israel.
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Medical ethics -- Israel.
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Torture -- Israel.
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| Author |
Gordon, Neve, 1965-
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Marton, Ruchama, 1937-
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Neufeld, Jon Jay.
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Association of Israeli-Palestinian Physicians for Human Rights.
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| LC no. |
95013688 |
| ISBN |
185649313X (hb) |
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1856493148 (pb) |
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