Caring for Hospitalized Incarcerated Patients: Physician and Nurse Experience

Katherine C Brooks¹, Anil N Makam^{1

2}, Lawrence A Haber³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Hospital Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, USA.
² Center for Vulnerable Populations, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, USA.
³ Division of Hospital Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, USA. lawrence.haber@ucsf.edu.

Katherine C Brooks et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2022 Feb.

. 2022 Feb;37(2):485-487.

doi: 10.1007/s11606-020-06510-w. Epub 2021 Jan 6.

Katherine C Brooks¹, Anil N Makam^{1

2}, Lawrence A Haber³

¹ Division of Hospital Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, USA.
² Center for Vulnerable Populations, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, USA.
³ Division of Hospital Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, USA. lawrence.haber@ucsf.edu.

No abstract available

Keywords: correctional medicine; health disparities; hospital medicine; interdisciplinary care; vulnerable populations.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no conflicts of interest to report.

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