Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

Torture

The intentional infliction of physical or mental suffering upon an individual or individuals, including the torture of animals.

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Abstract

The intentional infliction of physical or mental suffering upon an individual or individuals, including the torture of animals.

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6 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, psychology, statistics & numerical data.

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Indexing Annotation

of humans or animals; physical or mental torture

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History Note

84(75); was see under AGGRESSION 1975-83

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  1. I01w.198w.240w.856w.825w
  2. I01w.880w.735w.900w.825w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Torture. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014104. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014104
  2. Torture. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torture
  3. Torture. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q132781