A History of Force Feeding

Hunger Strikes, Prisons and Medical Ethics, 1909-1974

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Author(s)
Miller, Ian
Collection
Wellcome
Language
English
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Abstract
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?
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https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/39401
Keywords
force-feeding; northern irish prisons; hunger strikers; irish prisons; ethics; prison doctors; Suffragette; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTB Social and cultural history; thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues::PDX History of science
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-31113-5
ISBN
9783319311135
Publisher
Springer Nature
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http://www.springernature.com/oabooks
Publication date and place
Basingstoke, 2016
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Palgrave Macmillan
Pages
267
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Chapters in this book

  • Chapter 7 An Experience Much Worse Than Rape
    Miller, Ian (2016)
    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 ...
  • Chapter 3 The Instrument of Death
    Miller, Ian (2016)
    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 ...
  • Chapter 8 Conclusion
    Miller, Ian (2016)
    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 ...

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