Legal Developments
Author: Margaret R. Moreland, J.D., M.S.L.S..
Source: Volume 06, Number 03, March/April 2005 , pp.41-41(1)
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Abstract:
Bender v. Regier, 385 F.3d 1133 (8th Cir. 2004) revolved around the question of whether a prison physician, who only had a background in family medicine, or a specialist, to whom an inmate was referred, was responsible for making a certain treatment decision.Keywords: Hepatitis C, Authority to Prescribe, interferon, Meyer
Affiliations:
1: Pace University School of Law Library.