Glimpses of Guantanamo - Medical Ethics and the War on Terror

Abstract

Although many aspects of the U.S. military's handling of detainees during the war on terror have been justly criticized, it remains a point of pride among medical workers, security staff, and military leaders at Guantanamo that there have been no deaths among Camp Delta prisoners. Clearly, [Jay W. Hood] hopes to maintain that record. "I will not allow them to do harm to themselves," he told us.