Sleep Is a Human Right, and Its Deprivation Is Torture.

Humans Torture / ethics Human Rights Sleep Deprivation / psychology Coercion Sleep Ireland Pennsylvania

Journal

AMA journal of ethics
ISSN: 2376-6980
Titre abrégé: AMA J Ethics
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101649265

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
01 Oct 2024
Historique:
medline: 3 10 2024
pubmed: 3 10 2024
entrez: 3 10 2024
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Sleep is integral to human health and well-being; it is recognized as a fundamental right by international bodies. Nevertheless, deliberate sleep deprivation is frequently employed as a form of torture, violating the right to health. Legal cases such as LeMaire v Maass, Ireland v UK, and Huertas v Secretary Pennsylvania Dept of Corrections illustrate the varying interpretations of sleep deprivation as torture or cruel and unusual punishment. Ambiguity in domestic and international legal definitions underscores the need for collaboration between health and legal professionals. Clinicians can offer expertise about physiological and psychological consequences of sleep deprivation, which informs what legally counts as torture. This commentary explores the intersection of sleep deprivation, human rights, and the role of medical professionals in addressing, identifying, and preventing sleep deprivation as a means of coercion and abuse.

Identifiants

DOI: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.784 PMID: 39361392
pubmed: 39361392
pii: amajethics.2024.784
doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.784
doi:
pii:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

E784-794

Informations de copyright

Copyright 2024 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved.

Auteurs

Caitlyn Tabor (C)

Director of the Aging Brains/Elder Protection Project and the United Nations International Comparative Neurolaw Curriculum Project at the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Law, Brain & Behavior in Boston.

Katherine R Peeler (KR)

Assistant professor of pediatrics and faculty member in the Center for Bioethics at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts.

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