Medicine
Amber R Comer
2025.4.1AMA Journal of Ethics
tlooto Summary
An ethics consultation is described about a hospital inpatients who are incarcerated spend most of their time alone, are not permitted to have visitors while hospitalized, and are handcuffed to their beds.
Abstract
Hospital inpatients who are incarcerated spend most of their time alone, are not permitted to have visitors while hospitalized, and are handcuffed to their beds. This story describes an ethics consultation about one such patient's surgical care.
Citation format
COMER, Amber R. Alone, handcuffed to a bed awaiting surgery. AMA Journal of Ethics, 2025, 27 4: E298–301.