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. 2006 Jan:188:4-6.
doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.105.010488.

Prison medicine: ethics and equivalence

Luke Birmingham  1 , Simon Wilson, Gwen Adshead
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Prison medicine: ethics and equivalence

Luke Birmingham et al. Br J Psychiatry. 2006 Jan.

Abstract

Guidelines for good medical practice do not reflect the complex reality of the ethical problems that arise in prison. Perhaps the best a doctor working in prison can do is realise that there are ethical dilemmas everywhere, try to recognise them and feel the tension.

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