Suicide Attempt Fails: So Does Lawsuit
Author: Fred Cohen.
Source: Volume 18, Number 04, November/December 2016 , pp.49-51(3)
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Abstract:
A plaintiff who attempted suicide while held at the Warren Co. (Ohio) jail argues that the jail’s failure to provide adequate screening, and subsequent mental health care, amounted to deliberate indifference.Keywords: Broughton v. Premier Health Care Services; Taylor v. Barkes; overdose; history of mental illness; suicide prevention protocols
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