title: The ethics of end-of-life care for prison inmates.
abstract: Author contends that the philosophical arguments involving the value of persons, social contract theory, the definition of justice, the notion of just desserts, and a utilitarian calculus of societal benefits and burdens provide support for an ethical imperative to provide end-of-life care to dying prisoners.
authors.affiliation: Center to Improve Care of the Dying, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, D.C., USA.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cohn
mesh_terms: D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006291:Health Policy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D028681:Moral Obligations; D011330:Prisons / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D040841:Resource Allocation; D012935:Social Justice; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*