Military Medical Ethics – Scenario Collection
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Hunger strike to protest against detention

A person or group of persons in military custody refuse to eat (i.e., they go on "hunger strike"). They do so

  • to protest against their being detained,
  • to protest against the conditions of their detention,
  • or other political reasons/ to promote their cause,
  • because of some psychological illness/ depression.

Authorities then order the force-feeding of the hunger strikers in order to avoid damage to their health.

Military physicians are ordered to execute the force-feeding, assisted by other non-medical military personnel and against the will of the detainees.


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