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General Reports
                   
         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Balancing the Rights to Protection and Participation: A Call for Expanded Access to Ethically Conducted Correctional Health Research.
Ahalt C, Haney C, Kinner S, Williams B.
J Gen Intern Med. 2018 Feb 5.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 Professional deontology and medical practice in prisons.
García-Guerrero J, Vera-Remartínez EJ.
 Rev Esp Sanid Penit. 2015 Oct;17(2):47-52.
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Improving public health by respecting autonomy: Using social science research to enfranchise vulnerable prison populations.
Shaw D, Elger B.
Prev Med. 2015 Feb 21;74C:21-23
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Paternalistic breaches of confidentiality in prison: mental health professionals' attitudes and justifications.
Elger BS, Handtke V, Wangmo T.
J Med Ethics. 2015 Jan 13. pii: medethics-2013-101981
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Medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorders in correctional settings: An ethics review.
Ludwig AS, Peters RH.
 Int J Drug Policy. 2014 Aug 30.
 Abstract

Expert Perspectives on Western European Prison Health Services: Do Ageing Prisoners Receive Equivalent Care?
Bretschneider W, Elger BS.
J Bioeth Inq. 2014 Jun 26
 Abstract

Ageing Prisoners' Views on Death and Dying: Contemplating End-of-Life in Prison.
Handtke V, Wangmo T.
J Bioeth Inq. 2014 Jun 26.
Abstract

Understanding Death in Custody: A Case for a Comprehensive Definition.
Ruiz G, Wangmo T, Mutzenberg P,  et al
J Bioeth Inq. 2014 Jun 26.
 Abstract

Prisoners as research participants: current practice and attitudes in the UK.
Charles A, Rid A, Davies H, Draper H.
J Med Ethics. 2014 Jun 23.
 Abstract

Protecting prisoners' autonomy with advance directives: ethical dilemmas and policy issues.
Andorno R, Shaw DM, Elger B.
Med Health Care Philos. 2014 May 21.
 Abstract

Transgendered and incarcerated: a review of the literature, current policies and laws, and ethics.
 Glezer A, McNiel DE, Binder RL.
 J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 2013;41(4):551-9.
 Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 Force-Feeding, Autonomy, and the Public Interest.
Gross ML.
 N Engl J Med. 2013 Jun 12.
 Paper

Medication-assisted Treatment Research with Criminal Justice Populations: Challenges of Implementation.
 Gordon MS, Kinlock TW, Miller PM
 Behav Sci Law. 2011 Nov;29(6):829-45
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Aging Prisoners' Treatment Selection: Does Prospect Theory Enhance Understanding of End-of-Life Medical Decisions?
Phillips LL, Allen RS, Harris GM, et al
Gerontologist. 2011 Oct;51(5):663-74
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Duty to Warn
                   
          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Prisoners' perception of informing to the authorities: an analysis in terms of
functional moral judgment.
Wolf Y, Addad M, Arkin N.
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2003 Dec;47(6):714-28
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Ethical Standards for Providers
 
          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Ethical issues of prison nursing: A qualitative study in Northern Italy.
Sasso L, Delogu B, Carrozzino R, Aleo G, Bagnasco A.
 Nurs Ethics. 2016 Apr 12.
Abstract

Informing patients about limits to confidentiality: A qualitative study in prisons.
Elger BS, Handtke V, Wangmo T.
 Int J Law Psychiatry. 2015 Apr 7.
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Contextualising Professional Ethics: The Impact of the Prison Context on the Practices and Norms of Health Care Practitioners.
White KL, Jordens CF, Kerridge I.
J Bioeth Inq. 2014 Jul 11.
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Disclosure of Past Crimes: An Analysis of Mental Health Professionals' Attitudes Towards Breaching Confidentiality.
Wangmo T, Handtke V, Elger BS.
J Bioeth Inq. 2014 Jul 2.
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Ethical issues in forensic psychiatry in penal and other correctional facilities.
Konrad N. 
Curr Opin Psychiatry. 2010 Jun 28
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Psychologists abandon the Nuremberg ethic: Concerns for detainee interrogations.
Pope KS, Gutheil TG.
 Int J Law Psychiatry. 2009 Mar 17
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Incarcerated adolescents. The need for the development of professional ethical standards
for institutional health care providers.
Jameson EJ.
J Adolesc Health Care 1989 Nov;10(6):490-9
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Clinical Research
 
          Books
 
  FULL-TEXT BOOK
 Ethical Considerations for Research Involving Prisoners.
Institute of Medicine (US) Committee on Ethical Considerations for Revisions to DHHS
Regulations for Protection of Prisoners Involved in Research
 Book

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Ethical Challenges in Conducting HIV/AIDS Research in Correctional Settings.
Eldridge GD, Robinson RV, Corey S, et al 
J Correct Health Care. 2012 Sep 5.
Abstract

Voluntary consent in correctional settings: do offenders feel coerced to participate in research?
Edens JF, Epstein M, Stiles PG, Poythress NG Jr.
Behav Sci Law. 2011 Nov;29(6):771-95.
 Abstract

Against risk-benefit review of prisoner research.
Chwang E.
Bioethics. 2010 Jan;24(1):14-22.
 Abstract
 
Rchesearch on prisoners - a comparison between the IOM Committee recommendations
(2006) and European regulations.
Elger BS, Spaulding A.
Bioehics. 2010 Jan;24(1):1-13.
 Abstract

The prisoner as model organism: malaria research at Stateville Penitentiary.
Comfort N. 
Stud Hist Philos Biol Biomed Sci. 2009 Sep;40(3):190-203.
Abstract

Compensation for Incarcerated Research Participants: Diverse State Policies Suggest a New
Research Agenda.
Smoyer AB, Blankenship KM, Belt B. 
Am J Public Health. 2009 Aug 20.
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Research involving prisoners: consensus and controversies in international and
European regulations.
Elger BS.
Bioethics. 2008 May;22(4):224-38.
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Organ Transplants
 

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Preliminary report from a prison survey: Should prisoners be considered as organ donors?
Durczyński A, Pietrzak M, Strzelczyk
J. Ann Transplant. 2013 Nov 8;18:604-8
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T
 The use of prisoners as sources of organs-an ethically dubious practice.
 Caplan A.
 Am J Bioeth. 2011 Oct;11(10):1-5.
 Abstract

Organ Donation by Capital Prisoners in China: Reflections in Confucian Ethics.
Wang M, Wang X.
J Med Philos. 2010 Mar 2.
 Abstract

Prisoners as organ donors: is it worth the effort? Is it ethical?
Millis MA, Simmerling M.
 Transplant Proc. 2009 Jan-Feb;41(1):23-4
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Ethics of organ donation and transplantation involving prisoners: the debate extends beyond our
borders.
Westall GP, Komesaroff P, Gorton MW, Snell GI.
Intern Med J. 2008 Jan;38(1):56-9.
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Dementia
 
           Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Dementia in prison: ethical and legal implications.
Fazel S, McMillan J, O'Donnell I.
 J Med Ethics 2002 Jun;28(3):156-159
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Executions
 
           Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  The medical-legal quandary of healthcare in capital punishment: an ethical dilemma for
the anesthesia provider.
Johnson KW.  
AANA J. 2008 Dec;76(6):417-9.
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