The Toxic Residue of Torture
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May 6, 2009, 7:29:17 AM5/6/09
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The Toxic Residue of Torture
http://www.truthout.org/050509O?n
Deepak Chopra, The San Francisco Chronicle: "It seems clear that the
question of torture won't go away. It would be easier to talk about
moving ahead. Images of Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo belong in
nightmares. As a physician, my personal nightmare is of the doctors
who stood by during torture sessions to monitor the victim's vital
signs. This was supposed to be humane, but what about the Hippocratic
oath, which says that a doctor shall do no harm? Is making sure that
waterboarding doesn't cause a heart attack doing no harm? The whole
rationale is grotesque. This is one of those moments when painful
truth is the only way to heal."
http://www.truthout.org/050509O?n
Deepak Chopra, The San Francisco Chronicle: "It seems clear that the
question of torture won't go away. It would be easier to talk about
moving ahead. Images of Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo belong in
nightmares. As a physician, my personal nightmare is of the doctors
who stood by during torture sessions to monitor the victim's vital
signs. This was supposed to be humane, but what about the Hippocratic
oath, which says that a doctor shall do no harm? Is making sure that
waterboarding doesn't cause a heart attack doing no harm? The whole
rationale is grotesque. This is one of those moments when painful
truth is the only way to heal."
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