Glittenberg Jody
College of Nursing, University of Arizona, 1401 North Martin, Room 419, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA.
Issues Ment Health Nurs. 2003 Sep-Nov;24(6-7):627-38. doi: 10.1080/01612840305319.
Torture, a tool of aggressive political regimes, exists in over 100 nations around the world and, as documented in archaeological evidence, has been a part of the dark side of human history, since at least 1500 B.C. In 1864, the first Geneva Convention aimed at protecting wounded soldiers in wartime, and 120 years later, in 1984, the United Nations adopted a specific Convention against Torture. Earlier, in 1975, nurses, through the International Council of Nursing (ICN), adopted a position on caring for people who had been tortured. Danish nurses and physicians have been leaders in advocating the elimination of torture in the world. Yet, nurses in the United States, until the adoption of a resolution by the American Academy of Nurses, October, 2001, had been quite silent about this human pain. With the tragedy of 9/11 still fresh in our minds, nurses are urged to be vigilant in curtailing any torture of prisoners associated with this event. Treatment plans for victims follow many of the interventions used with posttraumatic stress disorder, yet there are unique differences as well.
酷刑是专制政权的工具，在全球100多个国家存在。考古证据表明，至少自公元前1500年起，酷刑就一直是人类历史黑暗面的一部分。1864年，首个旨在保护战时伤兵的《日内瓦公约》诞生；120年后的1984年，联合国通过了一项专门的《禁止酷刑公约》。更早之前，1975年，护士们通过国际护士理事会表明了对照顾酷刑受害者的立场。丹麦护士和医生一直是倡导在全球消除酷刑的领军者。然而，在美国护士协会于2001年10月通过一项决议之前，美国护士对此类人间痛苦一直相当沉默。9·11悲剧仍历历在目，敦促护士们警惕杜绝与该事件相关的对囚犯的任何酷刑行为。受害者的治疗方案沿用了许多用于创伤后应激障碍的干预措施，但也存在独特差异。
