Published January, 2002
Access to and Quality of Medical Treatment: Federal Cases, The Center for HIV Law & Policy (2002)
This circuit-by-circuit compilation provides citations and holdings for federal cases concerning access to and quality of medical treatment in prisons. The compilation focuses on cases dealing with the medical treatment of inmates living with HIV, and primarily concerns claims alleging that the lack of health services available violated prisoners’ Eighth Amendment rights.
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