Lung transplants in patients with prior bone marrow transplants.
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and file many suits alleging inadequate medical care. (Inadequate care is cruel and unusual punishment thatviolates the Eighth Amendment to the US Constitution.) Inmates are manipulative and use the threat of suit to get the doctor to order controlled drugs and other things they want. It would have been impossible to function had I shook, quaked, and caved in at every threat. Although not emphasized in the job description, getting sued was definitely part of my work. The municipality provided counsel. The suits were meritless; all were summarily dismissed (“thrown out”).
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Chest
دوره 105 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1994