Meeting
Abstract Number: 341
SHM Converge 2023
Background: It is universal practice to restrain incarcerated patients – regardless of age, illness, mobility, or pretrial status – with metal shackles during hospital stays without consideration for less restrictive alternatives. Globally, human rights and legal groups have voiced opposition to this shackling, citing numerous justice, ethics, and medical concerns relating to the practice. Healthcare […]
Abstract Number: H37
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 55-year-old previously incarcerated male with a history of tuberculosis and a 27-year-old incarcerated male both with a history of cough and hemoptysis, and a 56-year-old female with pulmonary nodules, right ankle pain, and swelling, all presented to the ED at a tertiary center in Wisconsin. All three patients shared a constellation of […]