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Torture

Known as: 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 AbusesMental SufferingVictimizationViolence

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Highly Cited
2015
Highly Cited
2015
Behavioral economics and physician compensation--promise and challenges.
Health care organizations embracing new payment models may find that applying behavioral economics can boost the effect of new… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
What Practices Constitute Torture? US and UN Standards
This article is a response to the attempts of the US government to redefine torture in a highly restrictive sense and at the same… 
Review
2005
Review
2005
Effectiveness of school-based programs for reducing drinking and driving and riding with drinking drivers: a systematic review.
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Unspeakable Acts, Ordinary People: The Dynamics of Torture
"Unspeakable Acts, Ordinary People" is a riveting book that exposes the potential in each of us for acting unspeakably. John… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
The “Game” of Torture
The authors explain the prevalence of torture by modeling its institutional structure as a game of incomplete information… 
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.
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… 
Review
1991
Review
1991
Torture and the medical profession: a review.
Current knowledge about doctor participation in torture was reviewed at the symposium Torture and the Medical Profession. This… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Group treatment of exiled survivors of torture.
A model for time-limited group treatment of exiled survivors of torture is presented and the importance of placing such traumatic… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Torture of a Norwegian ship's crew
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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