The Challenge to the Arizona DOCs Dental and Health Care System Dental Corner
Author: Staff Editors.
Source: Volume 16, Number 01, November/December 2014 , pp.7-8(2)
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Abstract:
The Arizona Department of Corrections (DOC) is under siege for its health care deficiencies and that includes dental care. This article includes a brief section of the report by the plaintiffs’ dental expert describing a less than sterling prison dental program and supplemental medical expert report by Robert L. Cohen, M.D. reporting “shockingly poor care” for patients suffering with cancer that in his view, clearly caused or hastened the death of multiple inmates.Keywords: Parsons v. Ryan; staffing deficiencies; delay in treatment; tooth morbidity and tooth mortality; periodontal disease
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