NCJ Number
84670
Journal
Journal of Prison and Jail Health Volume: 2 Issue: 1 Dated: (Spring/Summer 1982) Pages: 15-26
Date Published
1982
Length
12 pages
Annotation
The article discusses some ethical problems which medical personnel confront in delivering health care services to inmates incarcerated at a county jail.
Abstract
The situation involved a doctor being ordered by detectives to take a blood sample from an inmate because they needed it for evidence collection. The doctor refused on ethical and practical grounds. Pro and con comments follow the case presentation.