Does a difference of opinion between a doctor and an inmate regarding what medical care is appropriate constitute deliberate indifference?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Humphries v. Newsome, Case No.: 3:20-cv-0659-JAH-WVG (S.D. Cal. 2020):
"[a] difference of opinion" between a doctor and an inmate, or even between medical professionals, regarding what medical care is appropriate "does not amount to a deliberate indifference." Sanchez v. Vild, 891 F.2d 240, 242 (9th Cir. 1989) (citing Gamble, 429 U.S. at 107).
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