Hunger strikes, force-feeding, and physicians' responsibilities

JAMA

Volumn 298, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 563-566

  Crosby, Sondra S ^a,b,c   Apovian, Caroline M ^a   Grodin, Michael A ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; ETHICS; FEEDING; FORCE; HUMAN; HUNGER; MEDICAL ETHICS; NOTE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; REFEEDING SYNDROME; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; STARVATION; ARTICLE; HUMAN RIGHTS; JURISPRUDENCE; LEGAL ASPECT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRISONER;

ETHICS; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; JURISPRUDENCE; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PRISONERS; PRISONS; STARVATION;

EID: 34547614231     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.298.5.563     Document Type: Note

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