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Lifesaving Medical Treatment Mandated for IA Prisoner Despite Refusal
The Iowa Supreme Court has held the state has a compelling interest in
requiring lifesaving medical treatment of a prisoner despite his refusal of
that treatment. The prisoner was refusing daily kidney dialysis treatment,
which would have resulted in his death within a week if the refusal
continued. The state ...
requiring lifesaving medical treatment of a prisoner despite his refusal of
that treatment. The prisoner was refusing daily kidney dialysis treatment,
which would have resulted in his death within a week if the refusal
continued. The state ...
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