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Author Tsai, Lily Chi-Fang, 1981-

Title Substandard Medical Care in U.S. Prisons : Improvement through Civil Liability Actions.

Publication Info. El Paso : LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC, 2014.
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Description 1 online resource (173 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
Summary Contrary to the ideal set up in Estelle v. Gamble (1976), inmates' medical needs were infrequently recognized by state courts and normally rejected through the examination of the two-pronged standard. Tsai contributes to existing literature by examining inadequate medical care and medical malpractice litigation against prison and jail physicians who have been sued in state courts by inmates during the past decade. By classifying the treatment actions or inactions that led inmates to file for civil remedies and examining the negative health outcomes that resulted from physicians' actions and in.
Contents AReview of medical misconduct -- Methods of legal research -- State case analysis -- Civil liability for inefficacious correctional medical care -- Cases cited.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Prisoners -- Health and hygiene -- United States.
Prisoners -- Health and hygiene.
United States.
Prisoners -- Medical care -- Standards -- United States.
Prisoners -- Medical care -- Standards.
Prisoners -- Medical care.
Prisoners -- Medical care -- United States.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Tsai, Lily Chi-Fang. Substandard Medical Care in U.S. Prisons : Improvement through Civil Liability Actions. El Paso : LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC, ©2014 9781593327569
ISBN 9781593327835 (electronic book)
1593327838 (electronic book)

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