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The canons of medical ethics have long banned physicians from participating in torture. These proscriptions were explicitly laid out in the World Medical Association s Declaration of Tokyo (1975), the United Nations Principles of Medical Ethics (1982), and the United Nations Convention against Torture (1984). The American Medical Association Code of Medical Ethics goes one step further, noting that physicians must not be present when torture is used or threatened. The AMA code also warns that physicians may treat prisoners or detainees if doing so is in their best interest, but physicians should not treat individuals to verify their health so that torture can begin or continue.