From the article: this is exactly what the Germans did in WWII. It is a direct contravention of medical ethics:
According to the report, prisoners do not have any medical confidentiality, which allows medical personnel to use what they have learned to aid in interrogations.
"Contrary to what the Bush administration has said, the rule is no confidentiality for the detainees at Guantanamo," said study co-author Dr. M. Gregg Bloche, a law professor at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. "Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs William Winkenwerder said as recently as last week that confidentiality protections and exceptions were analogous to those enjoyed by American citizens."
However, there is a standing order that has not previously been reported, he said. Dated August 2002, Bloche said, the order requires health-care providers to report any information of potential interest to medical and non-medical personnel at Guantanamo.
"In addition, in a systematic fashion, medical information was employed by behavioral science consultants to support the interrogation process," Bloche said. "These behavioral scientists, typically a psychiatrist and psychologist, were assigned to a Behavioral Science Consultation Team."
These consultants had access to medical records and used them to develop profiles that could be used to help interrogators, Bloche said.
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