Radio Curious revisits a conversation about torture with Dr. Steven Miles, author of "Oath Betrayed: Torture, Medical Complicity and the War on Terror," which exposes the silence of doctors, nurses and medics in cases of torture and physical abuse of prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Barry Vogel, Attorney and Counselor is the Host and Producer of Radio Curious. Christina Aanestad and Yuko Kodama are the Assistant Producers.
The silence of doctors, nurses and medics in cases of torture and physical abuse of prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan is the topic of this edition of Radio Curious.  Our guest is Dr. Steven Miles, the author of âOath Betrayed: Torture, Medical Complicity and the War On Terror,â a book based, in part, on eyewitness accounts of actual victims of prison abuse and more than thirty-five thousand pages of documents, autopsy reports and medical records. His work explores the information provided by physicians and psychologists to determine how much and what kind of mistreatment could be delivered to prisoners during interrogation. Dr. Miles is a professor at the University of Minnesota Medical School and its Center for Bioethics. He is a recognized expert in medical ethics, human rights and international health care.  This interview with Dr. Steven Miles was recorded in mid-July 2006 from his office in Minneapolis, Minnesota. We begin when I asked him about his motivation to write a book about the treatment of people who are disarmed and imprisoned.
The book Dr. Steven Miles recommend is âBury The Chains: Profits and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empireâs Slaves,â by Adam Hochchild.  This interview with Dr. Steven H. Miles was recorded in mid July 2006.  Radio Curious is a half-hour, weekly, long-form interview program, now in it's 26th year. We interview people on a curiously wide variety of topics about life and ideas. Our website is www.radiocurious.org. If your station airs Radio Curious please let us know curious@radiocurious.org, we will add you to our list of syndicate stations. We also welcome questions, feedback and program ideas. Radio Curious 280 N. Oak St. Ukiah, Ca 95482. (707) 462-6541.
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