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What Makes Correctional Medicine Different?

I recently read my friend Lorry Schoenley’s excellent article on Correctional Nursing is Different–Research Report which is abou

Delirious or psychotic?  Sid Hamberlin, Jail Commander, Bonneville County Jail Idaho Falls, Idaho

Is this patient psychotic? Or Delirious?

In my career in corrections, I have seen 4 or 5 cases in which a patient was thought to be acutely psychotic, but actually was suffering fro

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You Need a Medical Commissary in Your Facility!

When I was an undergraduate, before I switched to pre-med, I was an economics major.  Maybe because of that training, when I look at jail m

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Evidence Based Use of NSAIDS—Less is More

When we want to do an evidence-based approach to the use of any drug, we have to consider three factors: What beneficial effects do we want