The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #86044 Message #1602196
Posted By: artbrooks
11-Nov-05 - 07:28 AM
Thread Name: BS: force feeding at guantanamo
Subject: RE: BS: force feeding at guantanamo
Thank you, Guest 11 Nov 05-01:51 AM. Article 5 reads as follows: Where a prisoner refuses nourishment and is considered by the doctor as capable of forming an unimpaired and rational judgment concerning the consequences of such a voluntary refusal of nourishment, he or she shall not be fed artificially. The decision as to the capacity of the prisoner to form such a judgment as to the capacity of the prisoner to form such a judgment should be confirmed by at least one other independent doctor. The consequences of the refusal of nourishment shall be explained by the doctor to the prisoner.
Now, if someone could validate that the AMA has endorsed this, the information will be complete.