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Deliberate Indifference and a Dentist’s Dilemma  Dental Corner


Author:  Fred Cohen .


Source: Volume 16, Number 02, January/February 2015 , pp.23-24(2)




Correctional Health Care Report

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Abstract: 

This issue's dental corner explores the important question of whether incorrect medical treatment over a prisoner’s protests amounts to deliberate indifference. Jason W. King is a former federal inmate who appeared for his required initial dental screening only to be confused with another inmate King who was scheduled the same day for drilling and filling of a diseased tooth.

Keywords: King v. United States; mistaken identity; Farmer v. Brennan; criminal recklessness; Walker v. Humana Med. Corp; Leavitt v. Corr. Med. Services

Affiliations:  1: Executive Editor.

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