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Dementia in prison — ethical and legal implications
Author(s)	S Fazel, J McMillan, I O'Donnell
Journal title	Journal of Medical Ethics, vol 28, no 3, June 2002
Pages	pp 156-159
Keywords	Dementia ; Prisoners ; Social ethics ; Rights [elderly] ; Law ; Case studies.
Annotation	As the number of older prisoners increases in the UK and other Western countries, there will be individuals who develop dementia while in custody. The authors present two case vignettes of men with dementia in English prisons, and explore some of the ethical implications that continued detention raises. The authors find little to support the relevance of the purposes of prison put forward by legal philosophers and penologists. They conclude by raising some of the possible implications of the Human Rights Act 1998. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-020725209 A
Classmark	EA: TGF: TQ: IKR: VR: 69P
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