RT Journal
A1 Tripoli L
T1 CAre of prison inmates by impaired disciplined physicians
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 1999
FD May 26
VO 281
IS 20
SP 1889
OP 1891
DO 10-1001/pubs.JAMA-ISSN-0098-7484-281-20-jbk0526
UL http://dx.doi.org/10-1001/pubs.JAMA-ISSN-0098-7484-281-20-jbk0526
AB 
To the Editor: As the chief medical
officer of CMS, I have seen first-hand the dedication and clinical
expertise of hundreds of physicians working in the nation's prisons
and jails. Those physicians have chosen to work in corrections,
providing appropriate and compassionate care to inmate-patients, a
population with serious and challenging medical needs. Consequently, I
was surprised and disappointed to see JAMA publish 2
articles by Mr Skolnick1- 2 that promulgated a negative
stereotype of these dedicated physicians who work in correctional
health care.