Children on hunger strike: Child abuse or legitimate protest?

BMJ

Volumn 312, Issue 7029, 1996, Pages 501-

  Mok, A ^a   Nelson, E A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD ABUSE; DIET RESTRICTION; ETHICS; HUMAN; HUNGER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; SHORT SURVEY;

ALIENS; AUTONOMY; CHILDREN ACT 1989 (GREAT BRITAIN); CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; COMPETENCE; DISSENT; FORCE FEEDING; GREAT BRITAIN; HONG KONG; INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS; POLITICAL ACTIVITY; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; VIETNAM; WAR AND HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ADVOCACY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; ETHICAL RELATIVISM; GROUP PROCESSES; HONG KONG; HUMANS; HUNGER; INFANT; INTERNATIONALITY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; REFUGEES; VALUE OF LIFE; VIETNAM;

EID: 0030068761     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.312.7029.501     Document Type: Article

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