title: Prison medicine: ethics and equivalence.
abstract: Guidelines for good medical practice do not reflect the complex reality of the ethical problems that arise in prison. Perhaps the best a doctor working in prison can do is realise that there are ethical dilemmas everywhere, try to recognise them and feel the tension.
authors.affiliation: Senior Lecturer in Forensic Psychiatry, University of Southampton, Ravenswood House, Knowle, Fareham, Hampshire PO17 5NA, UK. l.birmingham@soton.ac.uk
authors.forename: Luke
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Birmingham
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: Gwen
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Adshead
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D015276:Health Care Rationing; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D010344:Patient Advocacy / Q000941:ethics; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations / Q000941:ethics; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011330:Prisons / Q000941:ethics*; D013222:State Medicine