06/21/2010

Some Extreme Suggestions for UTMB's Slippery Slope

I guess if you're going to claim that mentally ill patients can truly give consent, then you have to be ready to take the public's comeback.

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I've been thinking more about University of Texas Medical Branch's practice of renting out mentally ill prison inmates for cops to practice their phlebotomy against, and it seems to me that UTMB, TDCJ's medical services provider, is missing out on several other great opportunities to make money on the backs of "consenting" (consent is easy to obtain in prison—just offer a little extra privilege, something to make the time pass, to those who do what you want, and withhold a little privilege from those who don't) inmates:


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Jun 21, 2010 9:48:43 PM | UTMB

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