Thirty years after Estelle v. Gamble: A legal retrospective

Journal of Correctional Health Care

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-20

  Rold, William J ^a  

^a Prisoners' Rights Project of The Legal Aid Society   (United States)

Author keywords

Correctional health care; Deliberate indifference; Eighth Amendment; Estelle v. Gamble

Indexed keywords

EID: 42549136435     PISSN: 10783458     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1078345807309616     Document Type: Article

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