06/20/2010

UTMB Ethics: Can Mentally Ill Inmates Really Give Consent?

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This attorney-blogger believes UTMB has stepped out on a very slippery slope.

Defending People » They’d Have to Be Crazy
Every TDCJ inmate—even those who aren't sick enough to be sent to Jester IV—has blood drawn as part of the intake process. So why didn't UTMB ask mentally healthy inmates to consent to having these laymen stick needles in them? For that matter, why not ask free-world patients at UTMB-Galveston to allow the police to experiment on them?

I think we all know the answer to that.


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Jun 20, 2010 12:00:37 PM | Ethics, UTMB

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