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Prison Dentist Not Liable for Damages Where Treatment Delay Linked to Insufficient Resources  


Author:  Staff Editors.


Source: Volume 15, Number 05, July/August 2014 , pp.71-71(1)




Correctional Health Care Report

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Abstract: 

A dentist working for a corrections system arguably provided nominal dental care but that care was unreasonably delayed. The offended inmate sued for damages and the dentist argued that he did the best he could given the extremely limited resources made available by the state.

Keywords: Peralta v. Dillard; Section 1983; deliberate indifference

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