Editorial publish by the Lancet on Friday 5th September 2008
(referrs to Medical Justice for further information)

Guidelines for the Clinical Management of People Refusing Food in Detention Settings & Prison (draft)

"Hunger strikers: an editorial highlights the need for independent medical assessment of hunger strikers, ahead of the publication of new UK guidelines later this month." 

Read the Lancet editorial on Hungerstrikers 

GUIDELINES FOR THE CLINICAL MANAGEMENT OF PEOPLE REFUSING FOOD IN DETENTION SETTINGS & PRISON
 
OFFENDER HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH  
 
IN COLLOBORATION WITH
 
DR MIKE STROUD MD, FRCP, DSCI,  CONSULTANT PHYSICIAN & SENIOR LECTURER IN EDICINE AND NUTRITION, SOUTHAMPTON. 
 
2007

Read the draft Guidelines 

Related ;

Practical Notes on Hunger Strikes by Dr Frank Arnold
Includes ; Advice to patients, Conduct of consultation, Further observations, Outcomes.