优先考虑转移和释放患有痴呆症的人
Lay Kodama1, Brie Williams2, Nathaniel P Morris3
1First-year resident in the research-track psychiatry residency program at the University of California, San Diego.
AMA journal of ethics
|October 6, 2023
概括
越来越老的监狱人口正在增加患有痴呆症的囚犯人数. 这篇文章探讨了临床和伦理方面的挑战,并提出了政策改革,以改善痴呆症患者的护理和减少对痴呆症患者的监禁.
科学领域:
- 老年医学 老年医学
- 犯罪学 犯罪学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 监狱人口正在老龄化,导致痴呆症和相关症状的人数增加.
- 痴呆症在监狱环境中带来了独特的挑战,影响了认知功能和行为.
研究的目的:
- 探索关怀有痴呆症的囚犯的临床和伦理复杂性.
- 检查监狱环境所需的适应,以满足这一群体的需求.
- 为监狱中痴呆症患者的管理提出政策改革建议.
主要方法:
- 文献审查和临床和伦理考虑的分析.
- 检查当前癌症环境适合于痴呆症护理的情况.
- 政策分析和建议的制定.
主要成果:
- 照顾患有痴呆症的监禁人员涉及重大临床和伦理挑战.
- 监狱环境往往需要大量的适应,以适应痴呆症患者的需求.
- 政策改革对于有效管理和潜在减少被监禁的痴呆症患者至关重要.
结论:
- 解决老年囚犯患有痴呆症的需求需要采取多方面的方法.
- 监狱环境的调整和政策的改变对于人道和有效的护理至关重要.
- 政策建议包括基于治疗的转移,提前假释和医疗释放,以减少这一群体的监禁率.
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