Lederman, Zohar and Essex, Ryan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3497-3137 (2023) Using ethics committees to justify force-feeding political prisoners in Israel. Health and Human Rights Journal, 25 (2). pp. 53-65. ISSN 1079-0969 (Print), 2150-4113 (Online)

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Abstract

Thousands of Palestinian prisoners are held in Israeli prisons without trial. For some of them, engaging in hunger strike is the last resort in opposing unlawful detention and inhumane prison conditions. While mainstream bioethics deliberation, reasonable arguments, and international legal and medical professional declarations prohibit force feeding, local ethical deliberations, professional medical guidelines, and legislation allow the use of medical judgment and clinical ethics committees to force feeding these prisoners. Until now Israeli physicians refused to do so but this may change in the future. The international medical and bioethics communities need to stand behind these medical professionals as well as prisoners. Clinical Ethics committees in Israel must choose whether they serve the interests of these prisoners-patients and perhaps their political or human rights agenda, or whether they are subservient of an unjust, oppressive regime.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	hunger strike; Palestinian; political prisoner; prison; Israel; ethics committee
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) J Political Science > JX International law K Law > K Law (General)
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > Institute for Lifecourse Development Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > Institute for Lifecourse Development > Centre for Chronic Illness and Ageing Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > Institute for Lifecourse Development > Centre for Inequalities Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > Institute for Lifecourse Development > Centre for Professional Workforce Development Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > School of Health Sciences (HEA)
Last Modified:	12 Dec 2023 09:10
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/44860

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