PRISON HUNGER STRIKES PRESENT CLINICAL, ETHICAL, LE-gal, and human rights
challenges to physicians who care for hunger strikers. Controversy continues over the care …

Physicians and other licensed health professionals are involved in force-feeding prisoners
on hunger strike at the US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay (GTMO), Cuba, the detention …

The authors discuss the roles of physicians in hunger strikes in prisons. They suggest that
physicians should not force feed hunger strikers but instead win their trust as their mediator …

Prison inmates throughout history have employed hunger strikes as a means of opposition
to authority.'Inmates engage in hunger strikes for a variety of reasons, often in an attempt to …

Hunger strikes potentially present a serious challenge for attending physicians. Though rare,
in certain cases, a conflict can occur between the obligations of beneficence and autonomy …

KIE: Force feeding of hunger-striking prisoners is discussed in the context of three 1982
state appellate court decisions involving the right to refuse treatment. The Supreme Court of …

The first global history of hunger strikes as a tactic in prisons, conflicts, and protest
movements. The power of the hunger strike lies in its utter simplicity. The ability to choose to …

Michael L. Gross, Ph. D. Hunger striking is a nonviolent act of political protest. It is not the
expression of a wish to die, nor is it akin to the decision of a terminally ill patient to …

In 1982, a New York court ordered the force-feeding of a prisoner who was attempting
starvation to draw attention to the hungry children of the world. 1 Two years later, the …

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