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These deficiencies are operational, clinical and stigmatic and not limited to a single prison or jurisdiction. Applying a health quality of care framework focussed on prevention and chronic health management, appropriate assessment and escalation when urgent medical assistance is requested, and a structured audit framework could avoid future preventable deaths in prisons.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/1742-6723.14205","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,4,3]],"date-time":"2023-04-03T12:05:31Z","timestamp":1680523531000},"page":"510-514","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["What can coronial cases tell us about the quality of emergency healthcare for prisoners in Australia?"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"35","author":[{"given":"Jessica","family":"Wu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Australian Centre for Health Law Research Queensland University of Technology  Brisbane Queensland Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sam","family":"Boyle","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Australian Centre for Health Law Research Queensland University of Technology  Brisbane Queensland Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tina","family":"Cockburn","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Australian Centre for Health Law Research Queensland University of Technology  Brisbane Queensland Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4655-5023","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Anne\u2010Maree","family":"Kelly","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Australian Centre for Health Law Research Queensland University of Technology  Brisbane Queensland Australia"},{"name":"Joseph Epstein Centre for Emergency Medicine Research, Western Health  Melbourne Victoria Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,4,3]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_9_2_1","unstructured":"Australian Bureau of Statistics.Prisoners in Australia.2021. 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