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Surgeon, Writer, Researcher, Dilettante. https://www.ariadnelabs.org/  http://www.lifebox.org/ 

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    Atul Gawande‏Verified account @Atul_Gawande 10 Dec 2014

    12/Doctors were long the medical conscience of the military. The worst occurred because gov't medical leaders abdicated that role. (p87)

    3:55 AM - 10 Dec 2014
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      2. Sarah Wollaston MP‏Verified account @sarahwollaston 10 Dec 2014
        Replying to @Atul_Gawande

        .@Atul_Gawande registration bodies internationally should agree to strike off all doctors & health professionals complicit in torture

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      3. Dave Jones  🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🏳️‍🌈‏ @WelshGasDoc 10 Dec 2014
        Replying to @sarahwollaston

        .@drwollastonmp @Atul_Gawande Likewise those involved in capital punishment. State sponsored murder is an anathema to working as a Doctor.

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      2. Dr Mel Thomson‏ @DrMel_T 10 Dec 2014
        Replying to @Atul_Gawande

        @Atul_Gawande @doc_andy_w I am horrified and sickened by this occurrence.

        1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes
      3. Andrew Weatherall‏ @AndyDW_ 10 Dec 2014
        Replying to @DrMel_T

        @Dr_Mel_Thomson @Atul_Gawande can't think of any major regime of torture or state sanctioned abuse where medicos haven't played a part.

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      4. Dr Mel Thomson‏ @DrMel_T 10 Dec 2014
        Replying to @AndyDW_

        @doc_andy_w Knowledge of anatomy and physiology should be used for good instead of such atrocities. Utterly appalling @Atul_Gawande

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      5. Andrew Weatherall‏ @AndyDW_ 10 Dec 2014
        Replying to @DrMel_T

        @Dr_Mel_Thomson and that knowledge coupled with humanity should drive doctors to be the best example of compassion. @Atul_Gawande

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      6. Andrew Weatherall‏ @AndyDW_ 10 Dec 2014
        Replying to @AndyDW_

        @Dr_Mel_Thomson (wouldn't you know, here's a link to earlier thoughts on this - http://theflyingphd.wordpress.com/2013/11/21/oaths-i-never-swore/ … ) @Atul_Gawande

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      7. Dr Mel Thomson‏ @DrMel_T 10 Dec 2014
        Replying to @AndyDW_

        @doc_andy_w The last med grad I went to, had modern oath. In my Med Biotech ethics 101 I mention the CDC syphilis trials #research #ethics

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      8. Andrew Weatherall‏ @AndyDW_ 10 Dec 2014
        Replying to @DrMel_T

        @Dr_Mel_Thomson most of my colleagues can't recall doing it. Big in the US I believe.

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      9. Dr Mel Thomson‏ @DrMel_T 10 Dec 2014
        Replying to @AndyDW_

        @doc_andy_w I think it was a stunt as 1st @DeakinMedicine graduation cohort. They probably don't do it routinely. Did raise neck hairs tho'

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      1. Scott Wooder‏ @ScottWooder 10 Dec 2014
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        @atul_gawande @andrewbresnahan It's devastating that MDs apparently facilitated CIA torture

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      1. Harold Pollack‏Verified account @haroldpollack 10 Dec 2014
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        2/ @Atul_Gawande our society. We all knew, at some general level, what "taking the gloves off" meant. Given a whiff of fear, we embraced it.

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      1. Harold Pollack‏Verified account @haroldpollack 10 Dec 2014
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        1/ @Atul_Gawande Thank you for these 12 tweets on medical complicity with torture. Indeed shameful. Of course complicity was much broader in

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      2. satirecastic‏ @satirecastic 11 Dec 2014
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        @Atul_Gawande @bipinsd Not long before these methods get from on offshore aliens, to citizens at home. Militarization of police leads way.

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      3. Song of sparrows‏ @bipinsd 11 Dec 2014
        Replying to @satirecastic

        @satirecastic @Atul_Gawande Agree.

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      1. Paul Hughes-Cromwick‏ @cromwick 10 Dec 2014
        Replying to @Atul_Gawande

        .@Atul_Gawande The incredible Atul Gawande tells us just how grotesque it was.

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      1. ddsnorth ™‏ @ddsnorth 10 Dec 2014
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        hi @Atul_Gawande Hippocratic Oath – Modern Version http://ethics.ucsd.edu/journal/2006/readings/Hippocratic_Oath_Modern_Version.pdf … Dr's who helped perform/aid in torture, are not Dr's but evil. dd

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      1. Kedar Kale‏ @kedarkale16 10 Dec 2014
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        @Atul_Gawande your tortureReport findings remind me of your book chapter in #better and dilemma faced by the doctors helping in executions

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      1. Kelly Rek‏ @KellyRek 1 Feb 2015
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        .@Atul_Gawande @diederik_lohman ... The "Hippocratic Oath" got replaced by the "Hypocritic Oath"

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