Legal Opinion
TALBERT v. CORRECTIONAL DENTAL ASSOCIATES
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided February 21, 2020No. 2:18-cv-05112Unknown
1Opinion
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA CHARLES TALBERT : CIVIL ACTION v. NO. 18-5112 CORRECTIONAL DENTAL ASSOCIATES, et al. : MEMORANDUM KEARNEY, J. February 21, 2020 While we require our correctional institutions provide medical and mental health care to the medical needs of inmates, we do not second guess prescription and treatment decisions substantiated with medical reasons simply because an inmate patient desires a different medication unless the professionals ignore the inmate’s demonstrated phobia of certain treatments. We are mindful of the need…
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