Food refusal in prisoners: A communication or a method of self-killing? The role of the psychiatrist and resulting ethical challenges

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 451-456

  Brockman, Bea ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competence; Ethical; Hunger strike; Legal; Prisoner; Psychiatrist

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; FAMILY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTIVATION; PRISONER; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOANALYSIS; SOCIETY; STARVATION; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0033453324     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.25.6.451     Document Type: Article

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