Clinical Practice in Correctional Medicine

Abstract

Part I: The Correctional Physician. Doctors, Patients, And the History of Correctional Medicine. Challenges of Improving Quality in the Correctional Setting. Interaction Between Correctional Staff and Health Care Providers in the Delivery of Medical Care. Medical Ethics and Correctional Health Care. Part II: Medical Issues in Corrections. Intake Evaluations in Prisons and Jails. Chronic Disease Management. Establishing a Medical Triaging System for Accessing Health Care in Correctional Settings: The Value of Standardized Nursing Protocols. Infirmary Care. The Hospital Secure Unit. Part III: Tuberculosis Screening. Tuberculosis in the Correctional Facility. Overview of Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Corrections Facilities. Epidemiology and HIV Infection in the Correctional Setting. Overview of HIV Care. Use of Antiretrovirals in the Treatment of HIV. Part IV: Womens Health Care. Care of the Pregnant Inmate. Womens Health Care in the Incarcerated Setting. Part V: Mental Health. Psychiatric Intake Screening. Mental Health Outpatient Services in Correctional Settings. Managing the Acute Psychiatric Patient. Suicide Prevention in Correctional Facilities: An Overview. Part VI: Public Health. Preventive Health Issues for Individualsin Jails and Prisons. The Treatment of Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Abstinence Programs. Desmoteric Medicine and the Publics Health. Mortality in Prisons and Jails. Part VII: Special Issues in Corrections. Quality Improvement Through Care Management. Care of the Impaired and Disabled. Special Problems of Health Services for Juvenile Justice Programs. Legal Considerations in the Delivery of Health Care Services in Prisons and Jails. End-Of-Life Care in Prisons and Jails.