Ethicists Say Military Doctors Shouldn’t Force-Feed PrisonersJanuary 6, 2016 |
The Department of Defense (DoD) should go further and prohibit military health personnel from participating in interrogations or force-feeding hunger strikers, according to Leonard Rubenstein, a public health and ethics researcher at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, and colleagues, writing in the journal PLoS Medicine
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Force-Feeding Detainees On Hunger StrikeNovember 24, 2014 |
A Navy nurse has refused to participate in force-feeding at Guantanamo Bay Prison, adding fuel to debate over the procedure and nursing ethics in general. Two Berman Institute faculty members discuss.
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BI In The News: Ending Unethical Force-FeedingNovember 5, 2013 |
Experts have been speaking out this week against US govt-sanctioned force-feeding of prisoners on hunger strikes at Guantanamo Bay Prison and elsewhere. Berman Institute faculty members have joined the call
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Ethics AbandonedNovember 4, 2013 |
The independent Task Force on Preserving Medical Professionalism in National Security Detention Centers issues its report on DoD and CIA practices
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