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Prison Doctors, Tainted by Regulatory Board Discipline, Administer Wisconsin Prisoner Care
Loaded on May 15, 2008
by David Reutter
published in Prison Legal News
May, 2008, page 24
by David M. Reutter
Filed under:
Staff-Prisoner Assault,
CMS,
Misconduct/Corruption,
DOC/BOP misconduct,
Medical Misconduct,
HIV/AIDS,
Systemic Medical Neglect,
Cancer,
Kidney,
Diabetes,
Medical Neglect/Malpractice.
Locations:
Arizona,
Oklahoma,
Wisconsin.
Whenever prisoners complain about inept healthcare, prison officials accuse them of being manipulating whiners, or assert they are being administered the ?community standard of care? by competent medical professionals. A review by The Capital Times has revealed that the community standard of care rendered to Wisconsin ...
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