October 29, 2007

A Glance at Volume 37, No. 4, of the International Journal of Health Services: Students and Military Medical Ethics

By Katherine Mangan

Medical students are woefully uninformed about military medical ethics and a physician's responsibilities under the Geneva Conventions, a situation that could be a problem if they're ever drafted, according to an article by Harvard Medical School researchers.

The researchers surveyed students at eight medical schools nationwide, and 94 percent said they had received less than one hour of instruction about military medical ethics.

  • Just 37 percent knew that the

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