Elger Bernice S
University Center of Legal Medicine of Geneva and Lausanne, University of Geneva, Switzerland.
J Public Health Policy. 2008 Jul;29(2):192-206. doi: 10.1057/jphp.2008.6.
Prisoners have a right to health care and to be protected against inhumane and degrading treatment. Health care personnel and public policy makers play a central role in the protection of these rights and in the pursuit of public health goals. This article examines the legal framework for prison medicine in the canton of Geneva, Switzerland and provides examples of this framework that has shaped prisoners' medical care, including preventive measures. Geneva constitutes an intriguing example of how the Council of Europe standards concerning prison medicine have acquired a legal role in a Swiss canton. Learning how these factors have influenced implementation of prison medicine standards in Geneva may be helpful to public health managers elsewhere and encourage the use of similar strategies.
囚犯有权获得医疗保健，并受到保护以免遭不人道和有辱人格的待遇。医护人员和公共政策制定者在保护这些权利以及追求公共卫生目标方面发挥着核心作用。本文探讨了瑞士日内瓦州监狱医疗的法律框架，并列举了该框架影响囚犯医疗护理的实例，包括预防措施。日内瓦是一个有趣的例子，展示了欧洲委员会有关监狱医疗的标准如何在瑞士一个州获得了法律地位。了解这些因素如何影响日内瓦监狱医疗标准的实施，可能会对其他地方的公共卫生管理人员有所帮助，并鼓励他们采用类似的策略。
