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AELE Home Page --- Publications Menu --- Seminar Information ISSN 1935-0007. Cite as: 2007 (9) AELE Mo. L. J. 301. Jail & Prisoner Law Section September, 2007. Civil Liability for Inadequate Prisoner Medical Care An Introduction Contents 1. Introduction. 2. The Duty to Provide Medical Care 3. Deliberate Indifference 4. The Issue of Delay & Negative Results from Treatment 5. Relevant Resources. 1. Introduction Detention and correctional facilities have an obligation to provide adequate Medical care to detainees and prisoners. Because they are in the care, custody, and control of the institution, and are unable to seek their Medical care elsewhere, as free persons may do, this is an important task that considerable time, effort, and expense must be devoted to. Frequently, incarcerated persons have severe health problems, due to alcohol or drug abuse, and other factors.
negligence, or even gross negligence. Mere "dissatisfaction or disagreement with a doctor's course of treatment is generally insufficient." The court found that the defendants with medical expertise acted within the scope of professional medical judgment, and did not see any worsening of the
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