Suicide Prevention Screening: Not Clearly Required (In 2004)
Author: Fred Cohen .
Source: Volume 17, Number 03, September/October 2015 , pp.33-35(3)
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Abstract:
When suicide is the leading cause of death in jails across the country why would the Supreme Court not find some constitutional urgency to require some reasonable screening? A troubled man with a long history of mental health and substance abuse problems pays the ultimate price when a routine screening fails to see reasonable risk.Keywords: Taylor v. Barkes (135 S.Ct.2042); Farmer v. Brennan , 511 US 825 (1994)
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