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Prisoners Have Right to Informed Consent and to Refuse Medical Treatment
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals held prisoners have a right to be
informed of their medical treatment and may refuse that treatment; that the
instituting of disciplinary action as retaliation for refusing treatment is
unconstitutional, and the medical doctors pattern of deliberate
indifference to numerous prisoners medical conditions states …
informed of their medical treatment and may refuse that treatment; that the
instituting of disciplinary action as retaliation for refusing treatment is
unconstitutional, and the medical doctors pattern of deliberate
indifference to numerous prisoners medical conditions states …
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