Outbreak Behind Bars: Spider Bites, Human Rights, and the Unseen Danger to Public Health - Hardcover
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Outbreak Behind Bars: Spider Bites, Human Rights, and the Unseen Danger to Public Health
How the failure to protect incarcerated people from infections has led to preventable outbreaks--and how public health professionals can make a difference.
In late 2019, Dennis Oya's persistent cough was just the beginning of a harrowing tale of neglect and systemic failure in a Washington prison. Diagnosed 18 months later with tuberculosis (TB), Oya's case sparked one of the largest prison TB...
Homer Venters is the former chief medical officer of the New York City jail system. He currently works as a federal monitor of health services in several jail and prison settings and is an adjunct faculty member at New York University's School of Global Public Health. He is the author of Life and Death in Riker's Island.
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