Wednesday, May 1, 2013

American Medical Association Opposes Force Feeding At

AMA Opposes Force Feedings At Guantanamo by Carol Rosenberg.  The Miami Herald.  April 30, 2013.

The president of the AMA in his letter to Secretary Hagel cited his organization's long-time support for the World Medical Association Declaration of Tokyo which states:  "Where a prisoner refuses nourishment and is considered by the physician as capable of forming an unimpaired and rational judgment concerning the consequences of such a voluntary refusal of nourishment, he or she she shall not be fed artificially."

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