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In the United States, 3.9 million people are infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) which is a member of the single-stra
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On May 23, SCP launched their interactive job board, SCP’s JobNet. With its focus on the correctional health care industry companies and professionals...April 15, 2009 - SCP
As correctional physicians, we often face ethical dilemmas to a greater extent than our community peers. In private practices, it would be rare to fac...May 8, 2009 - SCP
Spring Seminar A member survey suggested you would like to hear talks on wound care, so we enlisted member Scott Savage to speak on the s...
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The following bill of interest to correctional health care has been introduced to Congress. To view a full text of the bill, go to www.thomas.gov. June 13, 2008 - Pew Charitable Trust
More than 1 in 100 American adults are in prison or jail, the Pew Charitable Trust’s Public Safety Performance Project recently reported. Pew said the...May 11, 2009 - SCP
As this newsletter goes to press, human cases of influenza with a novel virus in the US number 279 persons. In Mexico, where 1,025 persons have confir...June 13, 2008 - St. Louis Post Dispatch
An article appeared in the St. Louis Post Dispatch (January 12, 2008) about a nurse with a criminal past and still under probation being used t...June 13, 2008 - SCP
As President of the Society of Correctional Physicians, I recently attended the Academic and Health Policy Conference on Correctional Health in Boston...June 13, 2008 - SCP
Membership: Good news! More of you already have renewed for 2008 than all of last year! And welcome to our 17 new members.Since January, t...
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When I went to medical school, being a “good doctor” was a comment on one’s clinical skills. The practice of medicine revolved around clinical assess...
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Because of the dramatic increase in the prevalence of severe obesity (BMI>40 kg/M2) and the demonstrated effectiveness of bariatric surgery in both reWinter 2010
Jail and prison inmates are known to have a higher burden of infectious diseases, substance use disorders and psychiatric illness than the general, noSpring 2010
For most of my corrections medicine career, I have worked in male facilities. I accepted a position as at a female facility and quickly learned that fFall 2009
The 2009 annual conference of the Society of Correctional Physicians entitled Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in the Aging Inmate was held on Spring 2009
BackgroundIn the United States, 3.9 million people are infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) which is a member of the single-stra
Spring 2009
It was commonly believed that a dry, crusted wound is acceptable; however it has now been scientifically proven that wounds need a moist environment tSpring 2009
As correctional physicians we are often faced with managing inmates who are refusing to follow our medical advice. In the outside world our responsesSummer 2009
A recent article in the Annals of Internal Medicine demonstrates that patients who were connected with a specific physician were more likely to be recWinter 2009
The Health Services administrator comes through humming. Crunching numbers again, she thinks if they all work together, they can satisfy the County coSpring 2009
"I'm allergic to cyanide."Perhaps you too have been faced with taking a history on a patient who lacks rational thought. While often interes
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