Mitzi Peterson, MSW, LICSW, CCHP, and Michael Beauchemin, MA, work for Massachusetts Department of Correction. This post is based on their session “Management of Insertion and Self-Embedding Behaviors” taking place at the 2016 National Conference on Correctional Health Care in Las Vegas, October 22-26, 2016. Learn more about the conference and register HERE. A 32 year old white male is brought to the…
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Johnnie Lambert, Sue Smith, and Kim Pearson join Lorry to talk about the latest correctional health care news. State settles with inmate seeking sex change operation The state of Nebraska agreed to settle a civil rights lawsuit filed by an inmate who claimed that the state prison’s medical director refused to provide hormone therapy for a gender identity disorder….
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Patricia Blair, PhD, LLM, JD, MSN, CCHP-A is a nurse attorney practicing in Texas. She serves as the American Bar Association representative on the National Commission on Correctional Health Care Board of Directors and frequently writes and speaks on ethical, legal, and policy issues in healthcare. She spoke on legal and ethical issues for correctional nurses at the 2016 National…
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