The Role of Doctors in Hunger Strikes

, In its Malta Declaration, The World Medical Association prohibits force-feeding of hunger strikers as “degrading and inhuman,” even when this is the only way to save their lives. The European Court of Human Rights ruled that lifesaving force-feeding is compatible with the state’s duty to protect t...

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Main Author: Barilan, Yechiel Michael (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Johns Hopkins Univ. Press 2017
In: Kennedy Institute of Ethics journal
Year: 2017, Volume: 27, Issue: 3, Pages: 341-369
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