Balancing punishment and compassion for seriously ill prisoners

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 122-126

  Williams, Brie A ^a   Sudore, Rebecca L ^a   Greifinger, Robert ^b   Sean Morrison, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine ^*  (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPASSIONATE RELEASE; COST CONTROL; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; CRIMINAL LAW; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCARCERATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE ACT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISONER; PROGNOSIS; PUNISHMENT; SAFETY; SUDDEN DEATH; TERMINAL DISEASE;

EID: 79960569415     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-155-2-201107190-00348     Document Type: Article

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