Health and health care in the nation's prisons :: issues, challenges, and policies /

The United States correctional system is facing an urgent crisis in how to meet the health care needs of its prisoners. As the number of inmates in correctional facilities increases, prisons struggle to adequately address health care needs in a financially feasible way. Many prisoners enter the syst...

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1. Verfasser: Delgado, Melvin
Weitere Verfasser: Humm-Delgado, Denise
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2008.
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Zusammenfassung:The United States correctional system is facing an urgent crisis in how to meet the health care needs of its prisoners. As the number of inmates in correctional facilities increases, prisons struggle to adequately address health care needs in a financially feasible way. Many prisoners enter the system with medical problems that have gone unmet, and the toxic environments inside the prisons further compromise their health, causing serious problems both within the prisons themselves and in society as a whole when the prisoners are released. Health and Health Care in the Nation's Prisons presents.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (1 volume)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9780742563469
0742563464
1282496352
9781282496354

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