02957nam 22006014a 450 991095626000332120240501083528.01-282-49635-297866124963560-7425-6346-4(CKB)1000000000542933(EBL)466834(OCoLC)276168445(SSID)ssj0000169403(PQKBManifestationID)12010890(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000169403(PQKBWorkID)10223424(PQKB)11046965(Au-PeEL)EBL466834(CaPaEBR)ebr10364537(CaONFJC)MIL249635(MiAaPQ)EBC466834(EXLCZ)99100000000054293320080222d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHealth and health care in the nation's prisons issues, challenges, and policies /Melvin Delgado and Denise Humm-Delgado1st ed.Lanham, Md. Rowman & Littlefield Publishersc20091 online resource (304 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4422-0251-3 0-7425-6300-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-276) and indexes.CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; PART I. CONTEXT; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Demographics; Chapter 3. Social Inequities; Chapter 4. Political and Ethical Considerations; PART II. HEALTH NEEDS, APPROACHES, AND FINANCES; Chapter 5. High-Profile Health Care Needs; Chapter 6. Low-Profile Health Care Needs; Chapter 7. Death and Dying; Chapter 8. Approaches and Service Delivery Models; Chapter 9. Financial Cost Considerations; PART III. RECOMMENDATIONS; Chapter 10. Recommendations; REFERENCES; INDEXThe 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 presentsPrisonersMedical careUnited StatesPrisonersHealth and hygieneUnited StatesPrisonersMedical carePrisonersHealth and hygiene365/.6670973Delgado Melvin1597098Humm-Delgado Denise1792722MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910956260003321Health and health care in the nation's prisons4331740UNINA