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Words Matter. “Inmate” or “Patient?”
Why Correctional Medicine is often Driven by Lawsuits
Opioid Withdrawal Not Deadly? Wrong!
Correctional Medicine is Different: We Can’t Fire Our Patients—and They Can’t Fire Us!
Words Matter. “Inmate” or “Patient?”
Words matter. What we write about our patients in our medical notes to a great degree reflects how we feel about them. Our words also 
Why Correctional Medicine is often Driven by Lawsuits
Imagine, if you will, a nurse who is assigned to take care of 50 patients on a medical floor—by herself. Clearly, this is an impossible ta
Opioid Withdrawal Not Deadly? Wrong!
One thing I always tell practitioners who are beginning a jail medical practice: you’re going to see a lot of withdrawal cases —
Correctional Medicine is Different: We Can’t Fire Our Patients—and They Can’t Fire Us!
This post is the third in a series exploring how Correctional Medicine is different than medicine practiced outside of jails and prisons.
