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Torture
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tortures
The intentional infliction of physical or mental suffering upon an individual or individuals, including the torture of animals.
National Institutes of Health
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Antisocial behavior
Human Rights Abuses
Mental Suffering
Victimization
Violence
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Highly Cited
2015
Highly Cited
2015
Behavioral economics and physician compensation--promise and challenges.
D. Khullar
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D. Chokshi
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+4 authors
R. Rajkumar
New England Journal of Medicine
2015
Corpus ID: 28830306
Health care organizations embracing new payment models may find that applying behavioral economics can boost the effect of new…
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
What Practices Constitute Torture? US and UN Standards
M. Nowak
2006
Corpus ID: 144007750
This article is a response to the attempts of the US government to redefine torture in a highly restrictive sense and at the same…
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Review
2005
Review
2005
Effectiveness of school-based programs for reducing drinking and driving and riding with drinking drivers: a systematic review.
R. Elder
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J. Nichols
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R. Shults
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D. Sleet
,
L. Barrios
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R. Compton
American Journal of Preventive Medicine
2005
Corpus ID: 16360490
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Unspeakable Acts, Ordinary People: The Dynamics of Torture
J. Conroy
2000
Corpus ID: 152354402
"Unspeakable Acts, Ordinary People" is a riveting book that exposes the potential in each of us for acting unspeakably. John…
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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
The “Game” of Torture
Léonard Wantchékon
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A. Healy
1999
Corpus ID: 51347078
The authors explain the prevalence of torture by modeling its institutional structure as a game of incomplete information…
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Review
1995
Review
1995
Vietnamese refugees in Victoria, B.C.: an overview of immigrant and refugee health care in a medium-sized Canadian urban centre.
Peter Stephenson
Social Science & Medicine ()
1995
Corpus ID: 21637068
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Prevention of torture and care of survivors. An integrated approach.
M. Basoglu
Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA…
1993
Corpus ID: 8478916
An analysis of the 1992 Amnesty International report demonstrates the nature and global distribution of reports of human rights…
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Review
1991
Review
1991
Torture and the medical profession: a review.
P. Vesti
,
N. J. Lavik
Journal of Medical Ethics
1991
Corpus ID: 21943438
Current knowledge about doctor participation in torture was reviewed at the symposium Torture and the Medical Profession. This…
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Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Group treatment of exiled survivors of torture.
Y. Fischman
,
Jaime Ross
American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
1990
Corpus ID: 31060924
A model for time-limited group treatment of exiled survivors of torture is presented and the importance of placing such traumatic…
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Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Torture of a Norwegian ship's crew
L. Weisæth
1989
Corpus ID: 70735992
ABSTRACT During the summer of 1984, 14 seamen, the entire crew of a Norwegian ship, were seized upon arrival in Libya. They were…
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