Health and health care in the nation's prisons : issues, challenges, and policies / / Melvin Delgado and Denise Humm-Delgado

• Autore: Delgado Melvin
• Pubblicazione: Lanham, Md., : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (304 p.)
• Disciplina: 365/.6670973
• Soggetto topico: Prisoners - Medical care - United States; Prisoners - Health and hygiene - United States
• Altri autori: Humm-DelgadoDenise
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-276) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Health and health care in the nation's prisons
• ISBN: 1-282-49635-2; 9786612496356; 0-7425-6346-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910809742803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II