Military physicians are often perceived to be in a position of 'dual loyalty'because they have
responsibilities towards their patients but also towards their employer, the military institution …

1. The primacy of classic bioethics principles According to this view, in all circumstances and
at all times, military HCP should act as HCP: Prioritizing patients' needs as required by …

The battlefield and wartime conditions often challenge physicians as to their understanding
and commitment to the ethics of medicine. In Homer's Iliad we read of the first physicians on …

This article notes the significant increase in academic papers and policy guidance on the
subject of ethical practice in military healthcare over the past two decades. This is usually …

US forces concluded combat operations in Iraq in 2007 and began a slow withdrawal of
forces, which was completed in December 2011. In October 2014, British and US forces …

As an active duty military medical officer who has been deployed several times, I wish to
infuse the debate over the dual role of military physicians with a sense of the military …

Every human being has rights. In recognition of this, civilized sovereign states assume
responsibility for delivering these rights. These ethical rights are codified to some extent in …

Military physicians can experience ethical tensions and encounter important dilemmas when
acting at the same time as healers, soldiers and humanitarians. In the literature, these are …

Within military operations, military physicians and nurses experience a dual loyalty to their
professional identities. The moral frameworks of the medical and military professions are not …

It is noteworthy that the monumental two-volume study of military medical ethics published
by the US Army in 2003 paid little attention to military physicians working in detention …