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An Alcohol Withdrawal Death in Jail: Wrongful Death Action  


Author:  Staff Editors.


Source: Volume 17, Number 01, November/December 2015 , pp.11-11(1)




Correctional Health Care Report

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Abstract: 

Failure to diagnose and properly treat the emergency needs of one undergoing the delirium tremens and failure to obtain hospital emergency care results in the death of a man in custody for an alcohol-related offense.

Keywords: Josta v. Mercy Medical Services , Iowa Dist. Ct., Woodbury Co.; delirium tremens; cause of death

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