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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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