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Critics Denounce Staffing Jails and Prisons With Physicians Convicted of Misconduct
Andrew A. Skolnick
JAMA. 1998;280:1391-1392.
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IN AN EFFORT to provide health care in their burgeoning jails and prisons, some states are hiring physicians who have been convicted of crimes or have lost their medical license because of professional misconduct. Some states are even issuing medical licenses that restrict the disciplined physician's practice to prisoners. That policy is not just bad for the incarcerated, say correctional health leaders and other critics, it is bad for correctional medicine and it's bad for society.
In one case, a psychiatrist who twice lost his medical license for sexual misconduct, first in Michigan and then Oklahoma, was issued licenses in Alabama and Mississippi. "Although sufficient grounds exist to deny [the psychiatrist] licensure," the Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure wrote in its order, "the evidence presented, along with Applicant's testimony and demeanor, indicate that Applicant could serve a useful purpose as a practitioner in the State of . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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