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Slip, Fall, and Protracted Agony  


Author:  Fred Cohen .


Source: Volume 17, Number 01, November/December 2015 , pp.9-10(2)




Correctional Health Care Report

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Abstract: 

An inmate slips on a waxed floor and subsequently encounters nightmarish delays in diagnosis and early treatment, pain medication, obtaining needed surgery, and in mediating between a private healthcare provider (Corizon) and public officials.

Keywords: Brennan v. Comm’er, Alabama Dept. of Corrections , 2015 WL 5446933; pain medication regimen; spinal fusion surgery

Affiliations:  1: Executive Editor.

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