Medical practice: defendants and prisoners.

Medical practice: defendants and prisoners.

It is argued in this paper that a doctor cannot serve two masters. The work of the prison medical officer is examined and it is shown that his dual allegiance to the state and to those individuals who are under his care results in activities which largely favour the former. The World Health Organisation prescribes a system of health ethics which indicates, in qualitative terms, the responsibili...

Medical care of prisoners and detainees.

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Hiv and Medical Privacy: Government Infringement on Prisoners' Constitutional Rights

The high rate of HIV infection among Americans, the ease with which the virus is transmitted, and the terminal nature of the virus have made its existence a vital national public health issue.' Concern regarding HIV is heightened in U.S. correctional facilities, in which the prevalence of the virus is disproportionately high.2 As of December 31, 2003, 1.9% of the total U.S. prison population wa...

Imagination, literature, medical ethics and medical practice.

Without imagination-without an actively cultivated imagination-not only do health care workers themselves suffer, but so too do their patients, argues Dr Anne Scott in this issue of the journal.' 2 Why? Because only by being able to imagine what it is like to be the other person, the patient, only by being able to enter imaginatively into the world of the patient, is the health care professiona...

Mentally Retarded Criminal Defendants