Ethical Battlegrounds: Medical Personnel Assist Torture and Gay Marriage Rights Fight for Life in Maryland
Weekly Program
Dr. Gerald Thomson (physician, member Taskforce on Preserving Medical Professionalism in National Security Detention Centers); Yoruba Richen (documentary filmmaker)
Dr. Thomson, an author of "Ethics Abandoned: Medical Professionalism and Detainee Abuse in the War on Terror," which details the participation of doctors and other medical professionals in "designing, participating in, and enabling torture and cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment" of detainees since 9/11. Richen, director of âThe New Black,â talks about her film on the battle for gay marriage rights in Maryland, including the role of the Black church, for and against.
Michael Slate - Host and Producer Henry Carson - Assistant Producer Nelish Lalany - Production Assistant Jeff Pryor - Production Assistant Teddy Robinson - Engineer
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