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Abstract: 

This issue’s regular review of the literature examines standards of medical and mental health care on death row, where “the tension between an inmate’s constitutional guarantee to receive health care, the public opinion that inmates should receive less care, and limited funds and resources [that] makes it difficult for corrections officials to determine the proper course of action;” examines the increasing use by geriatric inmates of acute care services outside the correctional facility; and a research study that suggests there may be considerable inaccuracy in medical records maintained in the average correctional health system. Reviews: “Death Is Different”: Limiting Health Care for Death Row Inmates By Michelle Masotto, in 24 Health Matrix 317 (2014); “Older Jail Inmates and Community Acute Care Use” By Anna H. Chodos, Cyrus Ahalt, Irena Stijacic Cenzer, Janet Myers, Joe Goldenson and Brie A. Williams, in 104 American Journal of Public Health 1728 (September 2014);and “Concordance between Medical Records and Interview Data in Correctional Facilities” By Jennifer R. Bai, Dhritiman V. Mukherjee, Montina Befus, Zoltan Apa, Franklin D. Lowy, and Elaine L Larson in 14 BMC Medical Research Methodology (2014).

Keywords: Estelle v. Gamble; reduce the burden of post-release treatment costs on the community; evolving standards of decency; Affordable Care Act; Medicaid; self-administered questionnaires

Affiliations:  1: Pace University Law School Library.