Brutal treatments

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Brutal treatments is written by Russell T. Moul and published by Manchester University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1526167506 (ISBN 10) and 9781526167507 (ISBN 13).

Brutal treatments explores the role medical doctors played in the colonial counterinsurgency campaigns in British Kenya (1952-1960) and French Algeria (1954-1962) in the final years of empire. It not only examines how these medical professionals became embroiled in the conflict, but also how they used their knowledge to further the interests of the state. The book makes a substantial and significant contribution to the history of medicine, the history of medical ethics, and the history of colonialism.