text: Army Health System and the Effects of the Law of Land Warfare and Medical Ethics
  MEDICAL CARE FOR DETAINED PERSONNEL
  3-39. It is DOD policy that the U.S. military Services shall comply with the principles, spirit, and intent of
  the international law of war, both customary and codified, to include the GCs. As such, captured or detained
  personnel will be accorded an appropriate legal status under international law and conventions. Personnel in
  U.S. custody will receive medical care consistent with the standard of medical care that applies for U.S.
  military personnel in the same geographic area. Refer to DODD 2310.01E, DODI 2310.08E, JP 3-63, JP 4-
  02, AR 40-400, AR 190-8, and ATP 4-02.46 for additional information on medical care for detained
  personnel.
  SECTION III — MEDICAL ETHICS
  3-40. Health care personnel are well-trained in and guided by the ethics of their professional calling. This
  training and ethical principles, coupled with the requirements of international law as it pertains to the
  treatment of detainees, and civilians during conflict will ensure the ethical treatment of all sick and wounded
  personnel.
  ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE MEDICAL TREATMENT OF
  DETAINEES
  3-41. Health care personnel (particularly physicians) perform their duties consistent with the following basic
  principles:
  * Health care personnel have a duty in all matters affecting the physical and BH of detainees to
  perform, encourage, and support, directly and indirectly, actions to uphold the humane treatment
  of detainees. They must ensure that no individual in the custody or under the physical control of
  the DOD, regardless of nationality or physical location, shall be subject to cruel, inhuman, or
  degrading treatment or punishment as defined in U.S. law.
  * Health care personnel charged with the medical care of detainees have a duty to protect detainees’
  physical and BH and provide appropriate treatment for disease. To the extent practicable,
  treatment of detainees should be guided by professional judgments and standards similar to those
  applied to personnel of the United States Armed Forces.
  * Health care personnel shall not be involved in any professional provider-patient treatment
  relationship with detainees the purpose of which is not solely to evaluate, protect, or improve their
  physical and BH.
  * Health care personnel, whether or not in a professional provider-patient treatment relationship,
  shall not apply their knowledge and skills in a manner that is not applicable law or the standards
  set forth in DODD 2310.01E.
  * Health care personnel shall not certify, or participate in the certification of, the fitness of detainees
  for any form of treatment or punishment that is not in consonance with applicable law, or
  participate in any way in the administration of any such treatment or punishment.
  * Health care personnel shall not participate in any procedure for applying physical restraints to the
  person of a detainee unless such a procedure is determined to be necessary for the protection of
  the physical or BH or the safety of the detainee, or necessary for the protection of other detainees
  or those treating, guarding, or otherwise interacting with them. Such restraints, if used, shall be
  applied in a safe and professional manner.
  3-42. Health care personnel engaged in a professional provider-patient treatment relationship with detainees
  shall not participate in detainee-related activities for purposes other than health care. Such health care
  personnel shall not actively solicit information from detainees for other than medical purposes. Health care
  personnel engaged in nontreatment activities, such as forensic psychology, behavioral science consultation,
  forensic pathology, or similar disciplines, shall not engage in any professional provider-patient treatment
  relationship with detainees (except in emergency circumstances in which no other health care providers can
  respond adequately to save life or prevent permanent impairment).
  * During the initial screening of detainees any preexisting medical conditions, wounds, fractures,
  and bruises should be noted. Documentation of these injuries/conditions provides a baseline for