Kosserev I, Crawshaw R
Moscow Medical Academy of IM Sechenov, Russia.
BMJ. 1994;309(6970):1726-30. doi: 10.1136/bmj.309.6970.1726.
The nature of the medical treatment of prisoners in the Gulag has emerged from accounts published by survivors. Over a period of 70 years some doctors entrusted with the medical care of prisoners failed to discharge their ethical duties, contributing to the prisoners' neglect and suffering. The medical profession must carefully examine what occurred and properly assign responsibility for ethical as well as unethical medical acts. Understanding the history of these ominous events will alert doctors worldwide to the importance of medical autonomy in the support of imprisoned patients.
古拉格集中营中囚犯的医疗状况已从幸存者发表的记述中显现出来。在长达70年的时间里，一些负责囚犯医疗护理的医生未能履行其道德职责，致使囚犯受到忽视并遭受痛苦。医学界必须仔细审视所发生的事情，并妥善认定道德及不道德医疗行为的责任归属。了解这些不祥事件的历史将使全世界的医生警觉到医疗自主权对于支持被监禁患者的重要性。
