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Switzerland: Should hunger strike inmate be force-fed?
World Radio Switzerland
Monday 08 Nov 2010
Convicted drug dealer Bernard Rappaz is still on hunger strike and is putting the justice and medical authorities in turmoil. Esther Wäber-Kalbermatten, head of the justice department in Valais, wants Geneva's cantonal hospital to do everything possible to keep Rappaz alive, and that includes force-feeding. The response from the medical establishment is that this is unethical and hospital authorities maintain Rappaz will not be force-fed. What is the way out of this impasse? WRS’s Conor Lennon invites professor Alexandre Mauron, head of the University of Geneva's biomedical ethics institute, and Geneva-based lawyer and law professor Ursula Cassani to the discussion:
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