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ChapterThree - The causes of torture: Law, medicine and the assessment of suffering in British asylum claims

from Part One - Recognising harm and suffering

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 May 2015

Ian Harper
Affiliation:
University of Edinburgh
Tobias Kelly
Affiliation:
University of Edinburgh
Akshay Khanna
Affiliation:
University of Sussex
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The Clinic and the Court
Law, Medicine and Anthropology
, pp. 72 - 95
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2015

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