A History of Force Feeding: Hunger Strikes, Prisons and Medical Ethics, 1909–1974

A History of Force Feeding: Hunger Strikes, Prisons and Medical Ethics, 1909–1974

by IanMiller (Author)

Synopsis

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.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 280
Edition: 1st ed. 2016
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 05 Jul 2016

ISBN 10: 3319311123
ISBN 13: 9783319311128