Prisoners as Patients: The Opioid Epidemic, Medication-Assisted Treatment, and the Eighth Amendment. Issue 2 (2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Linden, Michael; Marullo, Sam; Bone, Curtis; Barry, Declan T.; Bell, Kristen
• Editors: Ayres, Ian; Gluck, Abbe R.; Stith, Kate
• Is Part Of: Journal of law, medicine & ethics. Volume 46:Issue 2(2018)
• Page Start: 252
• Page End: 267
• Publication Date: 2018
• Subjects: Medical laws and legislation -- United States -- Periodicals; Medical care -- Law and legislation -- United States -- Periodicals; Medical ethics -- Periodicals; Jurisprudence -- Periodicals; Legislation, Medical -- Periodicals; Legislation, Nursing -- Periodicals; Ethics -- Periodicals; Forensic Medicine -- Periodicals; Nursing -- Periodicals; Medicine -- Periodicals; Societies -- Periodicals; Medical care -- Law and legislation; Medical ethics; Medical laws and legislation; United States; Periodicals; 344.73041
• DOI: 10.1177/1073110518782926
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1073-1105

Abstract

Abstract : This article argues that correctional institutions violate the Eighth Amendment when they refuse to establish MAT programs and prevent doctors from exercising medical judgment to properly treat incarcerated people with OUD.