Issues in Surgical Ethics| Volume 149, ISSUE 6, P825-829, June 2011

A surgeon coerced under the Taliban: An ethical dilemma

      Through joint sponsorship with the American College of Surgeons, the quarterly Ethics articles published by SURGERY will now offer the reader the option of earning 1 CME credit per article. These articles can be used to earn credit for three years from the time of publication.
      To read this article in full you will need to make a payment

      Purchase one-time access:

      Academic & Personal: 24 hour online accessCorporate R&D Professionals: 24 hour online access
      One-time access price info
      • For academic or personal research use, select 'Academic and Personal'
      • For corporate R&D use, select 'Corporate R&D Professionals'

      Subscribe:

      Subscribe to Surgery
      Already a print subscriber? Claim online access
      Already an online subscriber? Sign in
      Institutional Access: Sign in to ScienceDirect

      References

      1. “Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition”. Edited by: P. Bearman; Th. Bianquis; C.E. Bosworth; E. van Donzel; and W.P. Heinrichs. Brill, 2011.

        • Gatrad A.R.
        • Sheikh A.
        Medical Ethics and Islam: principles and practice.
        Arch Dis Child. 2001; 84: 72-75
        • Padela A.I.
        Islamic medical ethics: a primer.
        Bioethics. 2007; 21: 169-178
        • Daar A.S.
        • Khitamy A.I.
        Bioethics for clinicians: 21. Islamic Bioethics.
        CMAJ. 2001; 164: 60-63
      2. Pannier, Bruce. Iranian Criminals Lose Hands and Feet as Shari'a Law Imposed. Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty. January 7, 2008. Available from http://www.rferl.org/content/article/1079325.html

      3. Eckholm E. A Nation Challenged: Penalties; Taliban Justice: Stadium Was Scene of Gory Punishment. New York Times. December 26, 2001. Available from http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C00E6DD1231F935A15751C1A9679C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=1

        • Rogers J.
        Ketamine and Kalashnikovs.
        BMJ. 1997; 315: 1473-1474
        • Gawande A.
        • Denno D.W.
        • Truog R.D.
        • et al.
        Physicians and execution–highlights from a discussion of lethal injection.
        N Engl J Med. 2008; 358: 448-451
      4. American Medical Association. Proceedings of the House of Delegates, Chicago, Illinois, July 20-24, 1980 129th Annual Convention v. 1980. Available from http://www.ama-assn.org/ama1/pub/upload/mm/code-medical-ethics/206a.pdf

      5. The American Board of Anesthesiology, Inc. Capital Punishment Commentary. April 2, 2010. Accessed online on July 9, 2010 at http://www.theaba.org/pdf/CapitalPunishmentCommentary.pdf.

        • Davis D.S.
        • Committee on Bioethics
        Ritual genital cutting of female minors.
        Pediatrics. 2010; 125: 1088-1093