By Jane Chung. (This position based on respect for a patients integrity and his right to refuse treatment, was the exact opposite of the attitude held earlier in the century, when political hunger strikers were force-fed by court order in 1909. 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Ever since gaining independence, Armenia has seen numerous other cases of hunger-strikes, including in penitentiary institutions. Ukrainian filmmaker Oleh Sentsov, arrested in Crimea in 2014 after Russia's forcible annexation, started a hunger strike on May 14, 2018. He demanded the release of all Ukrainian political prisoners being held in Russia. Heeding the informed consent of a hunger striker, confirmed within the trust of the docto r-patient relationship, and respecting the intrinsic dignity of the fasting prisoner is certainly part of the doctors duty in looking after the patients welfare. The cases of rotating strikes will not be considered, as they cannot be viewed as protests that the authorities or medical personnel could take seriously. One of these strikes started in solidarity with a prisoner, Yelizaveta Kovalskaya, who had been violently transferred after she had allegedly insulted a visiting official. More important, it will be possible to determine whether fasting prisoners have really agreed to fast, or whether they have merely been obliged to obey instructions from the group. Although these declarations may apply to different situations, they share the obvious common denominator of being concerned with the patients welfare. In Turkey, in the summer of 1996, hundreds of political prisoners went on hunger strike, protesting about various issues concerning their imprisonment. : +49-451-70 31 01 Fax: +49-451-70 31 2 53, The key issue in a hunger strike is that voluntary total fasting should indeed be voluntary. (Soldiers charging a heavily defended enemy position also run the risk of dying. Fasting in such cases may become the only means of protesting against, or demanding attention from, the authorities. It is mostly used by those who have no other form of protest available -- usually prisoners. The second-placed candidate in the polls, Raffi Hovhannisian, declared a hunger-strike in the post-election period to dispute the voting outcomes. Second, the act of feeding through a forcibly introduced naso-gastric tube can be dangerous in itself, as was demonstrated by two deaths in the region in the early 1980s. (During a hunger strike). Age discrimination, How to have the best Sunday in L.A., according to Rainn Wilson, Schiff reports major cash advantage over Porter and Lee in Senate race, The Ultimate L.A. Bookshelf: 110 essential Los Angeles books, Scooter operators say strict rules, rampant theft threaten business in San Diego, Mayor Bass seeks $250-million expansion of homelessness program in first State of the City speech, Federal court slows a California ban on natural gas appliances, Striking Medieval Times workers struck by car on picket line, 17 arrested in connection with 11 gang-related Sikh shootings in Northern California. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information, The actor, the hairstylist and the eye surgeon: Drugs and death in a Malibu beach house, Have guests in town? Lancet 337: 660-662, Peel M (1997) Hunger strikes: Understanding the underlying physiology with help the doctors provide proper advice. Then there are the normal, mentally able prisoners who decide to suspend their food (and sometimes liquid) intake for a certain period of time, most often for some personal reason or (rarely) on behalf of the group they may represent. In more recent years, there have been hunger strikes by prisoners on virtually every continent, with extensive media coverage in certain cases - such as the Irish hunger strikes in the Maze prison in the early 1980s, and most recently the prisoners hunger strikes in Turkey over the summer of 1996 - because of the fatalities involved (ten fatalities in Northern Ireland in 1981 and at least twelve in Turkey in 1996). Whatever the situation, doctors will invariably be involved one way or another, and it is therefore essential that they are familiar with the relevant issues. 16, D-23552 Lbeck, Tel. But should the general term hunger strike, be used to describe the whole spectrum of situations involving fasting by prisoners? Designed to frustrate bargaining efforts 2. Hunger helps the organism overcome the ordinary monotonous condition. It is essential to know exactly what the situation is to be able to respond in the most constructive way and avoid making false assumptions. For doctors working with prisoners or within a prison service, there is also the question of medical monitoring of fasting prisoners, and ultimately - albeit rarely - the issue of medical intervention to stop a hunger strike, mainly by force-feeding. And in 2018, prominent Ukrainian film director Oleh Sentsov didn't eat for 145 days, calling for the release of Ukrainian political prisoners held in Russia. If the prisoner has clearly stated that he refuses to be force-fed, then the doctor must use his clinical and moral judgement to do his best for the patient. This is a loss that is difficult to make up over time. (In the few cases where prisoners were threatening to go on dry strikes, i e with no intake of water either, the author was always able to persuade them not to do it and to limit their fasting to solid foods, as a dry strike could very quickly produce serious and perhaps irreversible health problems. State Department, There is no word yet on sending CSTO peacekeeping troops to Armenia, we hope that the conflict will be resolved peacefully. It is in these cases that existing ethical guidelines need to be examined. In the authors experience, many a hunger striker has been convinced to stop fasting just by explaining that his underlying gastritis could lead to a perforated ulcer and consequently a dramatic end to the hunger strike. Unlike the food refuser category, in which prisoners generally fast alone - with a lot of publicity, as in the case of the reactive refuser, or in silence, as in the case of the determined refuser - prisoners who go on real hunger strike often fast in groups, or at least have individual volunteers from the group take up a prolonged fast. Hunger strikes by protesters not actually in custody can take various forms, but are not the issue here. most effective in the lodged crops. cleaning is necessary. Hunger helps the organism overcome the ordinary monotonous This may be because of a refu sed appeal. ln these situations prisoners were usually wary of any advice given by the prison doctor himself. (Examples of symptoms). WebDisadvantages of Nationwide Strikes: Harmful for the Economy: The strikes initially are harmful for the economy as they ensure that the striking workers do not get any work done. If a hunger striker perforates an ulcer after only a week, the whole purpose of the strike - in addition to his health - will be jeopardized to no avail. The element of coercion in custodial situations, whereby the prison authorities have to define their position vis--vis a form of protest that is most likely to be against the internal rules, possibly even against the law of the land, substantially complicates the issue. Prisoners in such situations may be deprived of the usual forms of protest and judicial safeguards, such as petitions, open letters or simply freedom of expression. The primary aim of the pressure thus exerted is to shame the authority into giving in to whatever demands are being made by the protesters as is described by WB Yeats in The Kings ThreshoId: if a man Be wronged, or think that he is wronged, and starve Upon anothers threshold till he die, The common people, for all time to come, Will raise a heavy cry against the threshold, Even though it be the Kings. Many prisoners who refuse food are not really hunger strikers, and have no intention of endangering their health. Real hunger strikes involve actual fasting , which has to be voluntary and has to be pursued for a specific purpose . While we are ready for dialogue with Azerbaijan, we have red lines, that we will not violate. He may even be genuinely convinced that he is a legitimate hunger striker. This will naturally only have a chance of working if it is widely known that he is fasting. One prison doctor in the Middle East told the author: When such a large number of prisoners" (over 2.000 in this particular case) go on a hunger strike, of course I have to order them to be force-fed to save their lives . This type of prisoner can be male or female. Doctors should be attentive to patients of this sort, as they may well be medical cases that require medical attention they do not actually ask for. Facing permanent damage to his health and the prospect of being force-fed, he ended the hunger strike on October 6, 2018. Due to fears that she might die in prison and thus give the movement more sympathy among the public, she was released after 91 hours. All of these solutions are very plausible and would not cost that much Not all forms of fasting by prisoners are what the public (and, in this day and age, the media) generally regards as being real hunger strikes. All these external factors cannot simply be ignored. Maria Alyokhina, a jailed member of the Russian performance-art punk band Pussy Riot, started a hunger strike because she was not allowed to attend her own parole hearing. (Comparisons with suicide, usually unjustified, occur frequently in discussions about hunger strikes.). Pressure to deliver within time; The hunger savers have to work under immense pressure such that the food they deliver stays in In the Money, which is also generally known as ITM, is defined as the moneyness state of an option, i.e., when compared to the price at which the option can be bought or sold, i.e., its strike price and precisely the term in the Money means the situation when the option on an underlying asset has crossed its strike price which results Since costs tend to grow over time, teams cut budgets instead of looking at costs. She launched several hunger strikes, including one that was 83 days long. The refusers aims are in a sense partially satisfied, however, in that the authorities nearly always refer to him as a hunger striker, albeit perhaps an habitual one. Despite the advantages it provided, agrarian culture also came with significant disadvantages. 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