Health in Prison: Does Penitentiary Medicine in Italy Still Exist?
Despite the detailed legislative developments that have occurred within the context of prison medicine in Italy, problems of a management nature continue to affect prisoner health and management, which in turn impact the prison system’s ability to offer prisoners a real opportunity for rehabilitatio...
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| author | Matteo Bolcato Vito Fiore Filomena Casella Sergio Babudieri Luciano Lucania Giulio Di Mizio |
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| description | Despite the detailed legislative developments that have occurred within the context of prison medicine in Italy, problems of a management nature continue to affect prisoner health and management, which in turn impact the prison system’s ability to offer prisoners a real opportunity for rehabilitation. Certain behavioral aspects reported in prisons may alter and negatively impact the normal doctor-patient relationship, including elements that hinder the therapeutic alliance and impede proper clinical risk prevention and management. However, practical steps may be taken in connection with the analysis of flows and healthcare services that may enable prison administrations to bring about a true, modern restructure of the prison system. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-daf365b1fdda4e9fbb329de5614dc0a12023-11-22T23:31:54ZengMDPI AGHealthcare2227-90322021-11-01911151110.3390/healthcare9111511Health in Prison: Does Penitentiary Medicine in Italy Still Exist?Matteo Bolcato0Vito Fiore1Filomena Casella2Sergio Babudieri3Luciano Lucania4Giulio Di Mizio5Legal Medicine, University of Padua, Via G. Falloppio 50, 35121 Padua, ItalyDepartment of Medical, Surgical and Experimental Sciences, Infectious and Tropical Diseases Clinic, University of Sassari, 07100 Sassari, ItalyDepartment of Legal Medicine, Sant’Anna e San Sebastiano Hospital, 81100 Caserta, ItalyDepartment of Medical, Surgical and Experimental Sciences, Infectious and Tropical Diseases Clinic, University of Sassari, 07100 Sassari, ItalyItalian Society of Penitentiary Medicine (SIMSPE), 30165 Rome, ItalyForensic Medicine and Criminology, Department of Law, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, ItalyDespite the detailed legislative developments that have occurred within the context of prison medicine in Italy, problems of a management nature continue to affect prisoner health and management, which in turn impact the prison system’s ability to offer prisoners a real opportunity for rehabilitation. Certain behavioral aspects reported in prisons may alter and negatively impact the normal doctor-patient relationship, including elements that hinder the therapeutic alliance and impede proper clinical risk prevention and management. However, practical steps may be taken in connection with the analysis of flows and healthcare services that may enable prison administrations to bring about a true, modern restructure of the prison system.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/9/11/1511healthprisonprison medicinetherapeutic allianceclinical risk managementinformed consent |
| spellingShingle | Matteo Bolcato Vito Fiore Filomena Casella Sergio Babudieri Luciano Lucania Giulio Di Mizio Health in Prison: Does Penitentiary Medicine in Italy Still Exist? Healthcare health prison prison medicine therapeutic alliance clinical risk management informed consent |
| title | Health in Prison: Does Penitentiary Medicine in Italy Still Exist? |
| title_full | Health in Prison: Does Penitentiary Medicine in Italy Still Exist? |
| title_fullStr | Health in Prison: Does Penitentiary Medicine in Italy Still Exist? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Health in Prison: Does Penitentiary Medicine in Italy Still Exist? |
| title_short | Health in Prison: Does Penitentiary Medicine in Italy Still Exist? |
| title_sort | health in prison does penitentiary medicine in italy still exist |
| topic | health prison prison medicine therapeutic alliance clinical risk management informed consent |
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