Marc Stern, MD
Presented on Wednesday, February 16, 2022 – 4:00 PM MST
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It can be challenging managing a patient in the hospital who is under guard by jail or prison officers. This webinar will address the common challenging questions that arise, such as: What are their rights with regard to medical decision-making? What do you do with a patient who lacks decision-making capacity? If a patient is a ward of the state, who calls the shots? Is the prison warden the “next of kin”? How does one interact with the officers who stand guard over the patients? What can they know about the patient’s condition? Does HIPAA apply to these patients? What is the standard of care for an incarcerated patient? Should I force feed a patient sent from the jail because they’re on hunger strike?
Dr. Marc Stern was previously the chief medical officer of the correctional facilities for the state of Washington. When the Washington began using lethal injection as its capital punishment, Dr. Stern resigned his position because of the use of his office for the procurement of the pharmaceuticals. Marc Stern received the B.S. degree from the University of Albany in 1975, and the M.D. degree from the University of Buffalo in 1982. He completed a residency in Internal Medicine, and obtained an MPH from Indiana University School of Public Health in 1992. He is currently an assistant professor at U. Washington, School of Public Health. He is also a member of the National Commission on Correctional Health Care and has published extensively on that subject in NEJM, Journal of Nephrology, Annals of Internal Medicine, and the American Journal of Public Health. He is on the editorial boards of the International Journal of Prison Health and the Journal of Correctional Health Care.