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Worth Reading: Medical Assistance in Dying; Incarceration and Cardiovascular Disease; Pandemic Preparedness  


Author:  Margaret R. Moreland, JD, MSLS.


Source: Volume 23, Number 04, Fall 2022 , pp.89-97(9)




Correctional Health Care Report

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Abstract: 

Our regular survey of the research literature includes summaries of “Cumulative Risk of Immigration Prison Conditions on Health Outcomes Among Detained Immigrants in California” By Altaf Saadi, Caitlin Patler, and Maria-Elena De Trinidad Young, published in Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities; “Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) for Canadian Prisoners: A Case Series of Barriers to Care in Completed MAiD Deaths” by Peter Driftmier and Jessica Shaw, published in 5 Health Equity 847; “Association Between Incarceration and Incident Cardiovascular Disease Events: Results from the CARDIA Cohort Study” by Jordan Coleman, Donald M. Lloyd-Jones, Hongyan Ning, Norrina B. Allen, Catarina I. Kiefe, Emily A. Wang, and Mark D. Huffman, published in 21 BMC Public Health 214 (2021); “Respiratory Pandemic Preparedness Learnings from the June 2020 COVID-19 Outbreak at San Quentin California State Prison” by Ada Kwan, Rachel Sklar, Drew B. Cameron, Robert C. Schell, Stefano M. Bertozzi, Sandra I. McCoy, Brie Williams and David A. Sear, 16 International Journal of Prisoner Health (published online ahead of print ) (2022); “Peer Doula Support Training for Black and Indigenous Groups in Nova Scotia, Canada: A Community-Based Qualitative Study” by Martha Paynter, Lauren Matheson, Lindsay McVicar, Keisha Jefferies, Kalkidan Gebre, Paula Marshall, Lee Thomas, Gaye Zylstra, Darlene MacEachern, and Frances Palliser-Nicholas, published in 39 Public Health Nursing 135 (2022).

Keywords: Immigrant Detainees; Medical Assistance in Dying; Incarceration and Cardiovascular Disease; Pandemic Preparedness; Respiratory Outbreaks; Childbirth Care

Affiliations:  1: Pace University Law School.

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