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A History of Force Feedin: Hunger Strikes, Prisons and Medical Ethics, 1909-1974
Resumen/Descripción – provisto por la editorial
It is the first monograph-length study of the force-feeding of hunger strikers in English, Irish and Northern Irish prisons. It examines ethical debates that arose throughout the twentieth century when governments authorised the force-feeding of imprisoned suffragettes, Irish republicans and convict prisoners. It also explores the fraught role of prison doctors called upon to perform the procedure. Since the Home Office first authorised force-feeding in 1909, a number of questions have been raised about the procedure. Is force-feeding safe? Can it kill? Are doctors who feed prisoners against their will abandoning the medical ethical norms of their profession? And do state bodies use prison doctors to help tackle political dissidence at times of political crisis?Palabras clave – provistas por la editorial
force-feeding; hunger strikers; Irish prisons; Northern Irish prisons; prison doctors; ethics
Disponibilidad
| Institución detectada | Año de publicación | Navegá | Descargá | Solicitá |
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| No requiere | 2016 | Directory of Open access Books |
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Información
Tipo de recurso:
libros
ISBN impreso
978-3-319-31112-8
ISBN electrónico
978-3-319-31113-5
País de edición
Internacional
Fecha de publicación
2016
