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PARTIAL TABLE OF CONTENTS
[Part 1: LEGAL ISSUES] [Part
2: MEDICAL ISSUES] [Part
3: MENTAL HEALTH CARE] [Part
4: ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES]
Part 1: Legal Issues
Chapter 1: Ethical Dilemmas in Correctional Health
Care Settings
- Introduction
- General Ethical Principles
- Respecting Patient Autonomy
- Beneficence
- Nonmaleficence
- Justice
- Dilemmas With Special Implications in Correctional Health Settings
- Prisoners as Patients
- Prisoners as Vulnerable Persons
- Confidentiality
- Confidentiality of Prisoners’ Health Records
- Laws and Professional Ethics
- Standard of Care
- Standard of Care in Correctional Settings
- Standard of Care and Deliberate Indifference
Chapter 2: Synopsis of the Federal Law on Inmate
Medical Care
- Background—The Deliberate Indifference Standard
- Estelle v. Gamble
- Objective Standard—Serious Medical Needs
- The Subjective Component of Deliberate Indifference
- Recent Legal Trends
- Case Law—Fact-Specific Nature of the Court’s
Analysis
- Legislation—Prison Litigation Reform Act
- General Recommendations for Medical Professionals
Chapter 3: Correctional Health Care: The Legal Perspective
- Legal Framework
- Medical Negligence
- State Statutory Law
- Federal Constitutional Law
- Federal Case Law
- Federal Statutory Law
- Medical Negligence vs. Deliberate Indifference
- Immunities
- Defenses
- Selected Risk Management Issues
- Avoiding Risk
- Issues That Raise Risk
- Continuity of Care on Discharge
- Managing Risk
- Anatomy of a Lawsuit
- Service of Summons and Complaint
- Cooperation With Your Attorney
- Answer to Complaint
- Discovery
- Alternate Dispute Resolution
- Trial
- Appeal
[Part 1: LEGAL ISSUES] [Part
2: MEDICAL ISSUES] [Part 3: MENTAL
HEALTH CARE] [Part 4: ADMINISTRATIVE
ISSUES ]
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