Commentary: The Physicians’ Torture Report Special Symposium Issue: The Role of Mental Health Professionals in Corrections
Author: Joel A. Dvoskin, Ph.D., ABPP.; Jeffrey L. Metzner, M.D..
Source: Volume 08, Number 01, May/June 2006 , pp.5-8(4)
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Abstract:
The direct lessons from this Report for corrections, as summarized by Professor Cohen, involve basic standard of care issues, conditions of confinement concerns, and questions concerning staff responses to staff misbehavior in jails and prisons. This article will attempt to address these important issues.Keywords: Physicians for Human Rights, supermax prisons, NCCHC standards, APA taskforce guidelines
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