It may sound like statements of the obvious, but when so much business is conducted in a climate of fear, it comes as a breath of fresh air.
In the follow-up interviews conducted in 2008, the fears of discrimination and the difficulties in negotiating disclosure and sustaining intimate sexual relationships remained substantial themes.
This is not incidental, and it is not merely tolerated: this is the core of medicine and science, but our draconian and unpredictable libel laws mean that even when people strive to be even-handed, these vital critical discussions are conducted in an atmosphere of fear and uncertainty.
Interviews "were conducted in an environment of generated fear, resonant with terrifying screams of fellow detainees facing similar methods," he wrote.
Fear conditioning was conducted in one of two operant chambers (ENV-307A, Med Associates Inc., Lafayette, IN, USA), each with distinct visual and olfactory cues.
After the verdict, Senussi's London-based lawyer, Ben Emmerson QC, said the trial had been conducted "in an atmosphere of extreme fear, insecurity and intimidation".
He describes life in Theresienstadt as a sort of "death in slow motion," a "model" camp with its simulacra of free and autonomous life conducted in the shadow of executions and feared deportations to "the East" (which, the camp inhabitants ultimately learned, meant Auschwitz).
He maintained his innocence throughout the trial, insisting that he had tried to be a peace-maker.Mr Taylor's trial was conducted in The Hague for fear of destabilising his home region in West Africa, but all the court's other proceedings financed by the voluntary contributions of about 40 countries—have taken place in the Sierra Leone capital, Freetown.
According to a study conducted in South Africa, men reported fear of labour, operative interventions including episiotomy, not being a good father, and loss of marital closeness [ 41].
Some previous studies have explored associations between different aspects of fear, although these were mainly conducted in the context of specific cancer screening programmes.
