Incarcerated adolescents. The need for the development of professional ethical standards for institutional health care providers.
Large numbers of children are incarcerated in juvenile correctional facilities each year in the United States. These children suffer from a wide range of physical and psychiatric illnesses and are in critical need of professional health care services. This article summarizes the health care needs of these children and documents the ethical problems faced by health care professionals who work in juvenile institutions. The adequacy of current ethical standards as a source of guidance and support for institutional health care professionals is reviewed and a series of recommendations for the development of comprehensive health care standards is set forth.
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Project on Children with Special Medical Needs, Youth Law Center, San Francisco, CA 94103.
D000293:Adolescent; D000299:Adolescent, Institutionalized; D032763:Behavior Control; D032781:Codes of Ethics; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D004989:Ethics; D004991:Ethics, Institutional; D005161:Facility Regulation and Control / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy; D033242:Minors; D011330:Prisons / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States