Detention without Trial,Hunger Strikes and Medical Ethics

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Some statements expressing concern for the health of detainees and/or condemning detention without trial (excludes papers listed in earlier references and is not claimed to be a complete list of all statements published):

Tobias P.V. (on behalf of Faculty of Medicine, University of Witwatersrand). The South African Medical Council and the “Biko doctors” – Lancet 1980; 2:95.

Recommendations relating to the health of detainees. Contact group of the Medical Schools of Universities of Cape Twon, Natal and Witwatersrand, September 1982.

Benatar S.R. The death of Dr. Neil Aggett. South African Medical Journal (1982); 61:300.

McKenzie D. (on behalf of UCT Faculty of Medicine). Medical treatment of prisoners and detainees. South African Medical Journal (1982); 61.688.

Beatty D.W. (on behalf of College of Medicine of South Africa). Medical treatment of prisoners and detainees. South African Medical Journal (1982): 62;884.

Dall G. (on behalf of UCT Faculty of Medicine). Medical care of detainees. South African Medical Journal (1985): 68.133.

Levenstein J.H. (on behalf of S.A. Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care). Medical treatment of detainees. South African Medical Journal (1985): 68:839.

Professorial staff, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cape Town. Children in detention. South African Medical Journal (1986): 70:235.

Ben-Arie O. Nash E.S. (on behalf of National Executive Committee, Society of Psychiatrists of South Africa). Children in detention. South African Medical Journal (1986): 70:235.

Statement and Dedication from an Assembly of the University of Cape Town, 15 August 1986. University of Cape Town Mission Statement.

Credo off the College of Medicine of South Africa (1986). Transactions of the College of Medicine of South Africa (1988): 32(1).

Dall G. (on behalf of UCT Faculty of Medicine). Detention of schoolchildren in South Africa. Lancet (1988):2:1170.

Myburgh J.A. (on behalf of Council, College of Medicine of South Africa). Detention of schoolchildren in South Africa. Lancet (1988):1:1170.

Jenkins T. Milne F.J. Rosendorf C. South Africa's children. Lancet (1988): 1:1229.

Caldwell R.I. (on behalf of Natal Inland Branch Medical Association of South Africa). Detention without trial in South Africa. South African Medical Journal (1989): 75:193.

Ransome O.J. (on behalf of S.A. Paediatric Association). Children in detention in South Africa. South African Medical Journal (1989): 75:502.

Statement on civil unrest, the state of emergency and detention without trial. Medical Association of South Africa. 1989.

Call for the abolition of detention without trial. University of Cape Town (July 1989).