title: Medical ethics and torture.
abstract: Incidence of human right abuse and torture is increasing. The role of a doctor in torture is highlighted citing various declarations of different medical communities. Torture is generally accepted as unethical and all international organisations warned doctors against participation in torture.
authors.affiliation: Department of Forensic Medicine, Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fimate
mesh_terms: D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D014104:Torture