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Torture and the UK’s “war on asylum”: medical power and the culture of disbelief

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Perocco Fabio (ed.) Tortura e migrazioni

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This chapter explores medical power in the UK's 'war on asylum', examining how medical expertise has been undermined in the asylum process when this expertise is utilised to add weight to asylum seekers’ claims to have experienced torture. It examines how there have been attempts to n...

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Published in: Perocco Fabio (ed.) Tortura e migrazioni
Published: Venice Ca' Foscari Editions. 2019
Online Access: https://edizionicafoscari.unive.it/it/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-359-5/torture-and-the-uks-war-on-asylum-medical-power-an/
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