Substandard medical care in U.S. prisons : improvement through civil liability actions / / Lily Chi-Fang Tsai
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| Autore: |
Tsai Lily Chi-Fang <1981->
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| Titolo: |
Substandard medical care in U.S. prisons : improvement through civil liability actions / / Lily Chi-Fang Tsai
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| Pubblicazione: | El Paso, Texas : , : LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC, , 2014 |
| ©2014 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (173 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 365/.6670973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Prisoners - Medical care - United States |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Acknowledgements -- Chapter introduction -- Review of medical misconduct -- Methods of legal research -- State case analysis -- Civil liability for inefficacious correctional medical care -- Cases cited -- References -- Index -- Notes. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Substandard medical care in U.S. prisons |
| ISBN: | 1-59332-783-8 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910786779903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)