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Michigan Prison Doctor Liable for Late Prostate Cancer Diagnosis
Loaded on Feb. 15, 2011
published in Prison Legal News
February, 2011, page 48
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a prisoner stated sufficient facts to defeat dismissal of his claim alleging a prison doctor was deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs. However, the appellate court affirmed judgment in favor of three other doctors named as defendants in the suit. ...
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