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State sovereignty, bioethics, and political geographies: the practice of medicine under the Khmer Rouge.
- Source :
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Environment & Planning D: Society & Space . Oct2012, Vol. 30 Issue 5, p842-860. 19p. - Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- This paper combines insights from political philosophy, bioethics, and political geography to examine the practice of medicine by the Khmer Rouge during the Cambodian genocide. Through a discussion of both destructive and constructive health-related policies and practices enacted by the Khmer Rouge between 1975 and 1979, this paper documents how the practice of medicine provides a broader understanding of state sovereignty and the right to live or to let die. In so doing this paper contributes to our understanding in two areas: first, to the specific geographies of the Cambodian genocide and, second, the politics surrounding the calculated management of life and death. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *SOVEREIGNTY
*POLITICAL geography
*BIOETHICS
*GENOCIDE
*HEALTH policy
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02637758
- Volume :
- 30
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Environment & Planning D: Society & Space
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 82946658
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1068/d7111