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How Should We Better Express Respect for Surgical Patients Who Are Incarcerated?

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: With roughly 2 million individuals who are incarcerated, the United States has the largest prison population in the world and accounts for more than a fifth of the total global prison population. 1 In 2004, 12.7% of people who were incarcerated underwent invasive procedures, 2 with the likelihood of undergoing surgery while incarcerated increasing as time in confinement increased (from 0.2% at 1 week or less to 3.5% at 1 year or more).2,3 The population of people who are incarcerated is also aging: 15% are 55 years or older. 2

Source: The AMA Journal of Ethic

DOI: 10.1001/amajethics.2025.239

Authors: Monalisa A. Hassan, Youmna A. Sherif

Institutions: University of California, Davis, Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital

Language: English

Topic: Ethics and bioethics in healthcare

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4409059016