Incarcerated patients frequently require surgery outside of the correctional setting, where they can be shackled to the operating table in the presence of armed corrections officers who observe them throughout the procedure. In this circumstance, privacy protection—central to the patient-physician relationship—and the need to control the incarcerated patient for the safety of health care workers, … Read more

AlStrategies for improving communication at the preoperative stage are summarized, and the role of informed consent in opioid stewardship is described.