Medical Care Law

Chapter 16 - Institutional Medicine

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

Suggested Readings

Schools

Teams

Prisons