Medical autonomy? Prison doctor barred from jail by Tasmania’s prison boss
The decision has raised fresh questions about medical autonomy in the prison system.
No-one doubts that doctors working in the prison system are doing a tough job, but it is not simply about the depth and complexity of the cohort they treat with limited resources.
A report, released last week, has offered an insight into what medical autonomy means when clinical decisions made by doctors do not find favour with the prison regime.
