Highlights
Health care practitioners treating prisoners must respect their patient's autonomy, within the bounds of prison regulations.
Prisoners have the right to consent to and refuse medical care, but these rights are limited.
Team physicians must always put the interests of the player first.
Team and school physicians must be aware of the special duties involved in treating minors.
School physicians must respect their patient's privacy and the parents' right to oversee their children's care.
Introduction
The Prison Doctor
Prison Medical Care
Physician-Prisoner Relationship
Right To Refuse Medical Care
Emergency Medical Care
Experimentation
Public Health and Safety in Prisons
Disease Control in Prisons
The Physician's Obligations to the Jailers
The Team Doctor
The Physician-Player Relationship
Team versus Player
The Child Athlete
Supervision of Nonphysician Personnel
Performance Enhancement
Engineering People
Screening For Participation
The School Doctor
Supervisory Responsibilities
School Clinics
Consent to Care
Medicines at School
Athletics
Medical and Public Health Responsibilities
Screening
Handicapped Children
College Health Programs
Comprehensive Care
References
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