Hernán Reyes
Biographic Data
| ID | 6636375 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hernán Reyes |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hernán |
| FAMILY NAME | Reyes |
| SIGNATURE | REYES H |
| AFFILIATIONS | International Committee of the Red Cross |
| ORCID | 0009-0003-9124-3058 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Force-Feeding and Coercion: No Physician Complicity
A discussion by Hernan Reyes, MD, renowned medical ethics expert in crisis situations, of the World Medical Association's guidelines on the force-feeding of prisoner hunger strikers as stated in the Declarations of Malta and Tokyo. Virtual Mentor is a monthly bioethics journal published by the American Medical Association
The worst scars are in the mind: Psychological torture
Torture during interrogation often includes methods that do not physically assault the body or cause actual physical pain and yet entail severe psychological pain and suffering and profoundly disrupt the senses and personality. Solitary confinement and prolonged sleep deprivation are just two examples of these psychological torture methods. Even psychological methods which do not amount to ill-treatment when considered in isolation, amount to inh…
Overwhelming Consumption in Prisons: Human Rights and Tuberculosis Control
Tuberculosis is thought to be the single biggest cause of death among the world's prisoners, but a human rights approach to tuberculosis control has not yet been applied. We propose that existing guidelines for the control of HIV be adapted and applied to tuberculosis. Tuberculosis control in prisons provides a platform to develop these concepts
The role of the doctor in ICRC visits to prisoners
The ICRC visits prisoners all over the world, whether they are prisoners of war in camps or political detainees held in prisons or police stations. In 1990, ICRC delegates visited more than 84,000 prisoners in about 40 countries. These visits are made by teams of delegates, the number of whom varies depending on the number of prisoners to be seen. Each team is made up of Swiss delegates specially trained to carry out such visits, including at lea…
The worst scars are in the mind: Psychological torture
Torture during interrogation often includes methods that do not physically assault the body or cause actual physical pain and yet entail severe psychological pain and suffering and profoundly disrupt the senses and personality. Solitary confinement and prolonged sleep deprivation are just two examples of these psychological torture methods. Even psychological methods which do not amount to ill-treatment when considered in isolation, amount to inh…
Overwhelming Consumption in Prisons: Human Rights and Tuberculosis Control
Tuberculosis is thought to be the single biggest cause of death among the world's prisoners, but a human rights approach to tuberculosis control has not yet been applied. We propose that existing guidelines for the control of HIV be adapted and applied to tuberculosis. Tuberculosis control in prisons provides a platform to develop these concepts
The role of the doctor in ICRC visits to prisoners
The ICRC visits prisoners all over the world, whether they are prisoners of war in camps or political detainees held in prisons or police stations. In 1990, ICRC delegates visited more than 84,000 prisoners in about 40 countries. These visits are made by teams of delegates, the number of whom varies depending on the number of prisoners to be seen. Each team is made up of Swiss delegates specially trained to carry out such visits, including at lea…
Overwhelming Consumption in Prisons: Human Rights and Tuberculosis Control
Tuberculosis is thought to be the single biggest cause of death among the world's prisoners, but a human rights approach to tuberculosis control has not yet been applied. We propose that existing guidelines for the control of HIV be adapted and applied to tuberculosis. Tuberculosis control in prisons provides a platform to develop these concepts
Force-Feeding and Coercion: No Physician Complicity
A discussion by Hernan Reyes, MD, renowned medical ethics expert in crisis situations, of the World Medical Association's guidelines on the force-feeding of prisoner hunger strikers as stated in the Declarations of Malta and Tokyo. Virtual Mentor is a monthly bioethics journal published by the American Medical Association
The worst scars are in the mind: Psychological torture
Torture during interrogation often includes methods that do not physically assault the body or cause actual physical pain and yet entail severe psychological pain and suffering and profoundly disrupt the senses and personality. Solitary confinement and prolonged sleep deprivation are just two examples of these psychological torture methods. Even psychological methods which do not amount to ill-treatment when considered in isolation, amount to inh…
Law (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Torture, Ethics, and Law (3 works) · Criminology (2 works) · Global Peace and Security Dynamics (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works)