Spring 2011

Spring 2011 (Volume 14, Issue 2)
 
A Correctional Physician in Honduras
When Jerry Boyle asked me last year if I would organize and lead a medical mission to Honduras, I said yes-I had no idea what I was getting myself int
 
Brazilian Perspective on Correctional Health Care in U.S.
Brazilians usually rely upon and follow medical guidelines developed in the United States and so when I came here, I had every reason to expect the sa
 
Medical Assistance for Earthquake Survivors
This report is a summary of the experiences of Nancy Todd, RN, Sarah Maria, RN, and Patricia Ruze, MD, who provided medical aid to the Haitian eart
 
CorrEthics
SCP’s Code of Ethics calls for members to not be involved in any aspect of execution of the death penalty. The National Commission on Correctional
 
A Day in the Life
What does it take to make a good neonatologist? Do you have to love children? Perhaps not, since you’re going to be injecting them and prodding them
 
Legal and Legislative Updates
As a correctional healthcare provider, you are very familiar with the legal standard referred to as deliberate indifference. This standard applies t
 
Letter from the Editor
Dear Colleagues:
I am extremely happy to be able to return as Editor of Corrdocs. My thanks go to Dean Rieger, who took time from his busy sc