Description: Further DetailsTitle: Health and Health Care in the Nation's PrisonsCondition: NewEAN: 9780742563001ISBN: 9780742563001Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield PublishersFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 12/16/2008Item Height: 241mmItem Length: 162mmItem Width: 24mmItem Weight: 599gAuthor: Melvin Delgado, Denise Humm-DelgadoLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: Issues, Challenges, and PoliciesISBN-10: 0742563006Description: 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 a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the health care challenges facing today's prisons along with concrete recommendations for change. In addition to an overview of the most common prison health care problems, this book provides a unique assessment of the needs of largely-overlooked prison populations, including women, people of color, and older adults. Authors Melvin Delgado and Denise Humm-Delgado cover high profile health care needs, such as substance abuse and mental illness, as well as lower profile needs like hepatitis and STDs. They also provide essential background information on the development of today's crisis by tracing the history of the U.S. health care system and how it has changed over time to meet social needs.Country/Region of Manufacture: USGenre: Society & CultureTopic: Social SciencesRelease Year: 2008 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Health and Health Care in the Nation's Prisons
Title: Health and Health Care in the Nation's Prisons
EAN: 9780742563001
ISBN: 9780742563001
Release Date: 12/16/2008
Release Year: 2008
Subtitle: Issues, Challenges, and Policies
ISBN-10: 0742563006
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Book Title: Health and Health Care in the Nation's Prisons : Issues, Challenges, and Policies
Number of Pages: 304 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Topic: Social Work, Health Care Delivery, Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare, General, Penology
Item Height: 0.9 in
Publication Year: 2008
Genre: Law, Political Science, Social Science, Medical
Item Weight: 21.2 Oz
Item Length: 9.5 in
Author: Denise Humm-Delgado, Melvin Delgado
Item Width: 6.4 in
Format: Hardcover
