RESEARCH ARTICLE CRITIQUE

Research Article Critique

Critique Of a Research Article

Introduction

This paper provides a critique of a research article on a recent health care issue which is the Medical Ethics During the War on Terror. The research article selected in this regard is “Medical Ethics During the War on Terror: Detainee Treatment and Experimentation by Health Professionals” which is written by Thomas A. Quinn and Evelyne Shuster.

Research Problem

In war against terrorism, pressures from the US Governmental has forced health professionals to reduce their moral values which has caused an boost in major crimes in medical exercise.

Objectives

The objectives of this paper was to show this crisis and identify an imperative requirement to act against it by the bioethics society.

Discussion

The author does not openly provide a literature review but he discusses past literature and gives examples from past such as he states that the Nazi hypothermia experiments functioned as a major example of harsh medical testing committed by medical doctors on behalf of military requirement.

The research is current (published in 2011) and related to nowadays health issues.

The research type utilized is secondary, non-experimental research.

As the authors studied historical studies, so there is not any sample (size, composition, or selection criteria) involved.

This a very practical work and thus it is very useful in determining the treatment of detainees.

This study could be more improved if the author discussed this matter in more details and also included some interviews of former detainees who experienced the brutal treatment by the US army.

The researchers of the article provide historical and current status of illegal deeds practiced by medical professionals in US war against terrorism. It is basically an informative article without survey or quantitative/qualitative research.

This article is very informative and thought provoking. Also the writing in the article is very straightforward and clear. The War on Terror has caused significant transformation in the national policy of UK and practice concerning the handling of prisoners. Ever since the start of the War on Terror, healthcare experts working within the military and government have had contradictory obligations which have caused the maltreatment of prisoners. The CIA's study on “enhanced interrogation techniques” and force-feeding of prisoners in the Guantanamo Bay symbolize immoral medical testing and conduct, correspondingly. (Quinn, 2011)

According to Quinn and Shuster (2011), imprisonment has performed an essential tactical part in the 'war on terror'. In the urgent consequences of the 9/11 attacks, crisis legislation was adopted in both the UK and the USA which expanded powers of surveillance and permitted detention without trial of non-citizens. Hasty augmentations of the US prison estate began around the same time and, by early 2002, regular flights transported detainees to sites in Iraq, Afghanistan and Cuba which now resonate familiarly around the world: Abu Ghraib, Bagram, Guantánamo Bay.

Accusations about military medical staff taking part in maltreatment of detainees in Guantanamo, Iraq, and Afghanistan have been exposed in reports of media, leaked reports of the International Committee of the Red Cross, and professional ...