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Guantánamo Doctors, Psychologists Concealed Evidence of Harm, Torture

HeadlineApr 27, 2011

A new study of medical records at the U.S. military base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, has concluded that doctors and psychologists at the prison concealed evidence of intentional harm and torture in apparent violation of the Hippocratic Oath. The study found “the medical doctors and mental health personnel who treated the detainees…failed to inquire and/or document causes of the physical injuries and psychological symptoms they observed.”

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