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200 10$aHealth and health care in the nation's prisons$b[electronic resource] $eissues, challenges, and policies /$fMelvin Delgado and Denise Humm-Delgado
210   $aLanham, Md. $cRowman & Littlefield Publishers$dc2009
215   $a1 online resource (304 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-7425-6300-6 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 215-276) and indexes.
327   $aCONTENTS; 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; INDEX
330   $aThe 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
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