Timeline of Hospital Criminalization

Beyond Do No Harm Network | Cops Out of Care working group

The vast majority of people involved in direct or indirect patient care came to this work hoping to help people. Yet, certain policies and common practices in health care settings make it difficult for healthcare workers to fulfill this purpose and live into their commitment to provide care and to do no harm. What does it mean when health care providers are part of systems that cause patients harm and actively undermine the respect, privacy, and care that patients seek?

This 2-page resource was co-created by the Beyond Do No Harm Network’s Cops Out of Care working group, and shows the various points at which criminalization occurs in health care settings, as well as opportunities for providers to interrupt criminalization.

Visit the Beyond Do No Harm Network for more resources, and upcoming opportunities and events, and check out other related resources from the Cops Out of Care working group here.