Caring for the Incarcerated Patient

As wards of the state, prisoners are guaranteed health care, a fact that many citizens find unfair. Which of the following statements best expresses how you feel about prisoners' access to health care?
Prisoners should not receive health care.
Prisoners should receive health care only for emergency conditions, acute infections, and illnesses that pose public health threats. They should not be provided treatment and medication for non-life-threatening, chronic conditions that many non-incarcerated people cannot afford.
Prisoners should receive care for all emergency and chronic conditions but should not be eligible for organ transplants.
Prisoners should receive the same scope and quality of health care that is available to non-prisoners.

A prisoner with severe medical illness who is a threat to himself or others should retain his right to refuse psychotropic medication.
Agree
Disagree

During incarceration prisoners should have access to:
(Check as many as apply.)
Education leading to a GED (high school degree equivalent)
Counseling on how to get a job.
Health and lifestyle education.
None of the above.