Dec. 16: The Role of Physicians, Psychologists, and Health Care Providers in Post-9/11 Torture

A Forum on the US Senate’s Committee Study of the CIA Interrogation Program

The release of the Senate’s Report on CIA Post-9/11 Interrogation Methods and Results has created wide-ranging debate on the use of torture, the results of torture (both in terms of intelligence obtained and harm done to the prisoners), and the role of physicians, psychologists and health care providers in the CIA’s torture and interrogation programs. Panelists will address these issues, national and international law on torture, the relevance of the Nuremberg Principles, applicable medical ethics standards regarding the physician’s role in torture and prison medicine, and what health and medical-related obligations, if any, the US owes.

Panelists: Sondra Crosby, MD, Michael Grodin, MD, George Annas, JD
Moderator: Leonard Glantz, JD

When: Tuesday, Dec. 16, 4-5 p.m.
Where: Bakst Auditorium

Sponsored by the Department of Health Law, Bioethics & Human Rights, BU School of Public Health and Global Lawyers & Physicians.