Past Contest Entries

Correctional Health Care

Story describes how a young doctor chose to work in correctional medicine, how his patient load is made up of murderers, rapists, thieves, junkies, prostitutes, and child abusers, why he finds the work spiritually fulfilling, physically exhausting, and exactly the fit he sought when he wanted to be a doctor.

Place:

No Award

Year:

  • 2014

Category:

  • Public Health (small)

Affiliation:

Associate Professor, School of Public Health, St. Louis University

Reporter:

Fred Rottnek, MD, writer

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