A History of Force Feeding - Hunger Strikes, Prisons and Medical Ethics, 1909-1974 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)

This book is Open Access under a CC BY license. 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?

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Release date:	August 2016
First published:	2016
Authors:	Ian Miller
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	267
Edition:	1st ed. 2016
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-31112-8
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > Medical ethics Books > Medicine > General issues > History of medicine Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > Revolutions & coups Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > Penology & punishment > Prisons
LSN:	3-319-31112-3
Barcode:	9783319311128

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