In our last post, we began speaking about the issue of medical care in prison and fact that prisoners do have the right to adequate medical care. Here, we want to take a brief look at the legal remedies that are available to prisoners who have been denied such care.At...
Month: February 2015
Inmates and the right to adequate medical care
Medical care is obviously a critical resource which all of us rely on throughout our lives, for ourselves and for our family members, so much so that basic medical care could arguably be considered a human right. In any case, basic medical care is at least a...
Determining best way to respond to medical negligence not always easy
In our previous post, we continued our discussion on the University of Michigan Health System's approach to patient safety and handling of medical error. As we noted last time, this approach is characterized, among other things, by efforts to increase communication...
What can medical malpractice plaintiffs learn from the Michigan Model? P.2
In our previous post, we began discussing the so-called Michigan Model, or the approach to patient safety and physician accountability that has been in place at the University of Michigan Health System since 2001. The Michigan Model has gained attention because of the...