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New Initiatives Target Inmates' Health
Rebecca Voelker
JAMA. 2004;291:1549-1551.
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A little more than 5 years ago, Michael Kelley, MD, decided he wanted to be where the action is. That decision landed him in prison, but he has no regrets.
As director of preventive medicine for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Kelley believes he can make more of a difference in public health than in his previous work with the Texas Department of Health. "It is exciting . . . I really like what I'm doing," he says.
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The state prison system "has a high-risk population, a high burden of disease, a more controlled environment, and a structured health care system." In other words, it is a place where an individual physician can have an unusual degree of leverage to improve the system.
Throughout the years, the image of the "jail doc" and health care conditions in correctional facilities has bordered on appalling. And . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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