Journal article
Detained and Dying: Ethical Issues Surrounding End-of-Life Care in Prison
Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life & Palliative Care, Vol.12(3), pp.259-276
07/02/2016
DOI: 10.1080/15524256.2016.1200517
PMID: 27462955
Abstract
Prisons are increasingly being called upon to provide end-of-life (EOL) care within the restrictive correctional environment. Several relatively recent phenomena have brought medical ethics to the forefront of prison EOL care-including aging behind bars, a paradigm shift in prison culture, the increasing rate of in-prison deaths, and the corresponding prison hospice movement. This article examines prominent ethical issues that emerge for prison personnel who are tasked with providing care to terminally ill offenders by presenting three offender composite characters that exemplify dying offenders and emergent ethical issues surrounding their care. Identification and critical analysis of these ethical issues demonstrate the need for strong commitment to ethical practice and highlights specific issues for prisons to examine in their own EOL care practice.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Detained and Dying: Ethical Issues Surrounding End-of-Life Care in Prison
- Creators
- Meredith Stensland - University of Iowa School of Social WorkSara Sanders - University of Iowa School of Social Work
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life & Palliative Care, Vol.12(3), pp.259-276
- Publisher
- Routledge
- DOI
- 10.1080/15524256.2016.1200517
- PMID
- 27462955
- ISSN
- 1552-4256
- eISSN
- 1552-4264
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/02/2016
- Academic Unit
- Liberal Arts and Science Admin; School of Social Work
- Record Identifier
- 9983979999502771
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