[Medicine behind bars. Illness is usual not grounds for modifying imprisonment].
The article describes the possibilities of medical care in prison as exemplified by the Kassel 1 prison with its attached central hospital facility. The main areas of medical care covered there are the treatment of wounds, conservative treatment of fractures, ophthalmology, ENT, urology, dentistry and, via external consultant physicians, also internal medicine, pneumology, dermatology and gynecology. Such infections as hepatitis B and C, syphilis, and tuberculosis have a greater prevalence among prisoners--in contrast to other infections afflicting people housed under similar living conditions, such as in communal living facilities, which show no such increased prevalence. Furthermore, there is a relatively high percentage of injuries, including those that are self-inflicted. The problem of certifying a prisoner medically unfit to tolerate imprisonment is discussed.
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Facharzt für Mikrobiologie und Infektionsepidemiologie, Krankenhaushygiene-Berater, Bad Bocklet.
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D000328:Adult; D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005858:Germany; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009017:Morbidity; D011329:Prisoners / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data