'Sure, let&#x27;s see what you got' – A Qualitative Analysis of Physician Letters Used in Court Appearances

van Deventer, Ella

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Year:: 2024
Contributor:: van Deventer, Ella (creator); Vanjani, Rahul (Advisor); Brown University. Biology and Medicine: Population Medicine (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: health disparities; Comprehensive Primary Care; carceral studies
Extent:: V, 19 p.

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Abstract:: Formerly incarcerated individuals face a host of social and medical barriers to reintegrating sustainability into society. A novel intervention of customizable form letters written by physician to be presented in prior to or during court and provide further support to these individuals. The potential role of physician input in their criminal-legal involvement through providing these letters has yet to be explored. This study aims to examine the role of physician letters in court proceedings for criminal-legally involved patients. We completed retrospective chart review for patients who have received physician letters and qualitative analysis of court transcripts that correlate to timing of said letters. We developed themes and subthemes from said court transcripts. Our results showed that customizable physician letters that provide information about the medical and social circumstances of patients were readily adopted documents to legal professionals in a court setting and found to hold relevant data referenced in judicial decision-making. Overall, this study has important implications for the role physicians and other healthcare providers can play in the judicial process for their patients. It demonstrates a novel area for providing physician insight in a court setting, thus improving the comprehensiveness of healthcare for the criminal-legally involved.
Notes:: Thesis (Sc. M.)--Brown University, 2024

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van Deventer, Ella, "'Sure, let's see what you got' – A Qualitative Analysis of Physician Letters Used in Court Appearances" (2024). Biology and Medicine Theses and Dissertations. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:65qfg6es/

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Theses and Dissertations for the Biology and Medicine department.
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"Sure, let's see what you got" – A Qualitative Analysis of Physician Letters Used in Court Appearances