title: [Medicolegal opinions assessing the ability to undergo imprisonment vs. capacity of the Prison Health Service facilities].
abstract: Estimating the subject's ability to undergo imprisonment has become a medicolegal opinionating problem. Polish penal law indicates the presence of negative prerequisites, such as a "serious disease" and "important health-associated reasons". In these cases, the conditions of imprisonment pose a direct danger of death or detriment to health. Interruption of imprisonment or remission of the penalty of imprisonment must constitute the only possibility of avoiding such dangers. In his opinion, the expert should define the health-associated needs of the condemned and the possibilities of meeting such needs in the situation of imprisonment, also taking into consideration the capacity of the prison health service facility and its cooperation with regular health care institutions.
authors.affiliation: Z Katedry Medycyny Sadowej, Zakład Prawa Medycznego Akademii Medycznej we Wrocławiu. tjurek@forensic.am.wroc.pl
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jurek
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bujak
authors.forename: Maciej
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Szostak
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Swiatek