The Sexuality Of Doctors During War

Conditions of crisis and instability within a country or situation render it impossible for human rights to flourish. In The Nazi Doctors, Lifton explores the psychology of the doctors during the Nazi regime who were able to commit atrocities such as sterilization, human experimentation, and mass murder. Throughout the book, Lifton demonstrates how in order to commit violence, there is no

At the start of the civil war in 1861 there were less than 100 doctors (Fifer, “Health and Medicine During the Civil War”) and by the end there were around 11,000 Union doctors and 4,000 Confederate. Less than five percent of all Union doctors have ever performed a surgery before the start of the war, and the Civil War caretakers had just let go of old remedies such as, bloodletting, purging and blistering. The study of medicine was not a well known topic. (Dixon, “Civil War Medicine”) Doctors had to learn their jobs by doing, and treatment constantly an effort of trial and error to learn the ways of helping their patients. Care providers had never experienced these “bone shattering” injuries before the start of the Civil War. (Trammell, “Life is better than limb”)

Well now there won’t be a lot of soldiers alive if it weren’t for the doctors, nurses, and physicians, but there won’t be any doctors, nurses, and physicians if it weren’t for the protection of the soldiers. So who will we call the one who saves or the one who kills to protect?

This paper discusses the unethical treatment of group of black soldiers. The Tuskegee Airman was an influential squad during World War II. During World War II the Tuskegee airman face a lot racists people who didn’t want them to succeed, but they did not only succeed in their endeavor , but they excelled. The Tuskegee Airman became the first black Air Force pilots despite all the events they had to endure. This paper entails the different ethical concept that applies. It also addresses the different guidelines that was violate. Final this paper addresses the need for trust in the medical community.

‘Phycologists find these tactics immoral and beyond torturous, and a ticking time bomb for disaster (O’Donohue).’ Although not everyone disagrees with the tactics Research has shown that these interrogations both have pros and cons. Research from the Phycological association shows that these types of interrogations “betrays trust and human rights, professional ethics and the society's trust (Pope).” For example, many believe that the interrogations break the Miranda rights per the 5th amendment, but others argue that the 5th amendment rights should be reserved only for people holding a valid US citizenship. (Rychlak) Medical ethics of the prisoners of Guantanamo Bay detention center in Cuba, because these facilities are not on US soil the 5th Amendment rights should also apply to these detainees that are detained, making it a national policy. (Quinn) After the 9/11 attacks congress authorized president Bush to authorize “all necessary and appropriate force against those nations, organizations, or persons he determines planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, or harbored such organizations or persons, to prevent any future acts of international terrorism against the United States by such nations, organizations or persons’ (Worthington).” However, this was quickly shut down by former

“A Case For Torture” is an essay written by Michael Levin in which he tries to make a compelling case for the use of torture as a punishment during specific situations in the United States. Levin cites different hypothetical situations in order to logically prove his argument. His use of theoretical instances is meant to help direct the reader to an understanding of the applications of his policy on torture. The examples he uses include a hypothetical terrorist attack on Manhattan and hospital robbery. But unfortunately, the examples Levin cites lack strength due to their inapplicability to the current world. Equally important, in today’s terrorist centered climate, there is no room for Levin’s position on torture. Michael Levin in “A Case For Torture” is not logically convincing in his discussion as to why torture is a valid form of punishment, because his assertions rely too heavily on the speculative, and are not contemporary enough for use in modern times.

A turning point during the war was the permission granted by the Selective Service to the conscientious objectors to complete their service by working in state mental hospital as part of the programme established by them. The volunteer workers found the hospital condition deplorable and shared their information and took photographs and compiled reports and notified it to the press which culminated in journalistic exposeﹶs. Thus the momentum behind deinstitutionalisation was fuelled following the outcry inspired by these exposeﹶs. Then the drastic step was taken to renovate hospital conditions, reduce the number of patients therein and to educate the public about the serious mental

jured, they had to believe that the injuries healed naturally. They would not be treated at all, and the wounds would be left untreated, causing more serious illness. For example, there is a woman who had been kicked hardly by a Japanese soldier that causes her arm broke, and it healed twists out of shape. Although comfort women regularly got medical examinations for the purpose of preventing sexual diseases, they could not get any further treatments for other health issues, such as broken bones, injuries from repeated abuse, and sexual intercourse. For these reasons, Japan has caused comfort women serious difficulties along with the miserable suffering from solemn physical injuries.

The authors of this article are Harriet Hutson Gray and Susan Cartier Poland. Gray is a reference and digital service librarian at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University, and Poland is a Research Associate for the National Reference Center for Bioethics at Georgetown University. The article is intended for the US government and the general public about the uneven balance in the health care sector, and the long-term impact on medical practices. The article describes the luxurious treatments in the US that many cannot afford, and the people who are going overseas to get the treatment. The authors address the challenges the middle-classes must bear. When patients return home, aftercare could become a big challenge, as there may

Another aspect of Guantanamo that received a strong reaction was the access that interrogators, psychologists, and psychiatrists working at Guantanamo have to detainees’ medical files. This allows them to target detainees individually, and is against medical ethics stated in the Geneva Conventions. Though this protocol has not been sanctioned by the

Many in the healthcare profession today are challenged with different ethical values; when it comes to healthcare provider and patient relationship. One of those ethical values is when to show mercy and no harm to those left in a health provider care. Most healthcare givers would, but what about those who are providing care in a government interrogation area? In this summarization; two valuable principles, beneficence and nonmaleficence will be discussed. Also, an in-depth analyzation of a case study of a military doctor whose ethics will may be tested.

The doctor in the film brings into question the ethics, especially those of doctors at Guantanamo Bay and if what they have to do is humane and is right. Doctors at Guantanamo Bay had to force feed inmates at the camp that went on hunger strike in 2005 and 2013. The doctors that were treating the inmates at Guantanamo Bay made the decision that instead of letting the inmates starve themselves they would force feed them to keep them alive. This brought the ethics of what they were doing into question as some would argue that the inmates have the right to chose whether they want to live or die. There is one scene in particular that I think makes the viewer question what ethics are when it comes to the doctor’s care of the inmates. At the start of the scene we see the doctor come to treat the stutter that has been brutally tortured by Vidal. The stutter is covered in blood with cuts all over his body. In this scene the doctor faced with a tough moral choice. Attempt to help the stutterer so he doesn’t die or euthanize the stutterer as he has requested. This dilemma that doctors at Guantanamo Bay face, psychologists in

The practice of torture by United States officials has become one of the most controversial elements of military history. The debate of its use in gathering intelligence has been particularly prevalent since the Bush administration. Most recently, a detailed and graphic scene of torture was presented in the movie Zero Dark Thirty. Proponents for the use of torture state that it is necessary for intelligence gathering and that ethics should be waved aside. Opponents argue that it is not becoming of American practices and it is not a reliable source for intelligence gathering. The public debates on this issue have forced policy makers and military officials to look at whether or not torture, particularly waterboarding, should be legal. The

“I Don’t want to be burned alive”: A Doctors Account of the U.S Airstrike that destroyed MSF Hospital in Afghanistan was really a shocking story. On October 3rd the United States sent an air strike to a Centre in Afghanistan. The blast from the airstrike shook the building and the ceiling collapsed. All the lights were turned off and everything was pitch black. Dr. Evangeline Cua was on duty, she said “We were like two headless chickens running into darkness” after the ceiling crashed down. After the tragedy she was working around the clock trying to save the lives of those who were caught on the cross fire. She said “There were women with blood splattered shalwar kameez, one of them pregnant, another staring lankly at the ceiling; men with

The notion of “authorization” as permitting the existence of torture is apparent in the fact that though an individual may “theoretically, . . . [have] a choice” to refrain from such activity, “given the situational context . . . the concept of choice is not even present”; disobedience to the dictates of authority means “punishment, disgrace, humiliation, expulsion, or even death” (196). Therefore, one is freed from moral unease by the fact that he may feel trapped and unable to act against his superiors, as retaliation would be imminent. In some instances, as was demonstrated by