WILD WOMEN.
MAY. HUNGER-STRLKERS. . BE ALLOWED TO DIE? Press Association—By Tel.—Copyright. Received 6.15 p.m., March 21st. „ ' LONDON, March 21. The. Medical Legal Society discussed Dr Mercier's proposal to allow hungerstrikers to die. Doctors considered that they would not be responsible for the death of a prisoner refusing substantial meals When offered. / ' '■** A barrister declared'that'there was p.n obligation on gaolers'to see that prisoners were properly fed, and as soon as they became.. aware that a hunger-striker bad become . helpless, doctors.-refusing to apply the resources of science to preserve -life :would be chargeable with murder.
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Timaru Herald, Volume C, Issue 15302, 23 March 1914, Page 5
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