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    The medical documentation of torture / edited by Michael Peel, Vincent Iacopino.

    • Title:The medical documentation of torture / edited by Michael Peel, Vincent Iacopino.
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    • Other Contributors/Collections:Peel, Michael, MRCGP, MFOM.
      Iacopino, Vincent.
    • Published/Created:London ; San Francisco : Greenwich Medical Media, 2002.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Torture victims--Medical examinations.
      Torture victims.
      Medical jurisprudence.
    • Medical Subjects: Forensic Medicine--methods.
      Medical History Taking--methods.
      Physical Examination--methods.
    • Description:x, 227 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
    • Summary:Will be of use to doctors writing medical reports on alleged victims of torture or lawyers working in this field.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:1841100684
    • Contents:1. Problem of Torture / James Welsh
      2. Approach of International Tribunals of Medical Evidence in Cases Involving Allegations of Torture / Camille Giffard and Nigel Rodley
      3. Documenting a Well-Founded Fear: How Medical Caregivers Can Assist Torture Survivors in the Asylum Process? / Barbara Frey
      4. Doctors and Torture / Ann Somerville, Hernan Reyes and Michael Peel
      5. Visits to Prisoners and Documentation of Torture / Hernan Reyes
      6. History Taking / Vincent Iacopino
      7. Psychological Consequences of Torture / Kathleen Allden
      8. Physical Examination Following Allegations of Recent Torture / Onder Ozkalipci
      9. Physical Examination for Late Signs of Torture / Robert Kirschner and Michael Peel
      10. Examination Following Specific Forms of Torture / Duncan Forrest
      11. Sexual Abuse of Females / Gill Hinshelwood
      12. Male Sexual Abuse in Detention / Michael Peel
      13. Examination and Investigation of Electric Shock Injuries / Lis Danielsen
      14. Radiodiagnostic Approaches in the Documentation of Torture / Semih Aytaclar and Veli Lok.
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