• Palliative medicine · Nov 1998

    Case Reports

    Managing terminally ill prisoners: reflection and action.

    • I G Finlay.
    • Palliative Medicine, University of Wales College of Medicine, UK.
    • Palliat Med. 1998 Nov 1;12(6):457-61.

    AbstractIn 1997 a young remand prisoner was 'shackled' to his bed until shortly before his death. An outcry ensued. This paper discusses issues concerning care of terminally ill prisoners. In Cardiff, the Prison Service, local National Health Service trusts and the hospice have produced joint guidance on the escorting of ill prisoners and managing a bedwatch; these are outlined.

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