Health, place and British prisons

This short communication considers people’s health care needs in prison. It shows that people have a wide range of health care needs that are not always met when they spend time in prison. To locate these issues the paper draws on the “patient or prisoner” debate to understand the challenges that fa...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Health & place 2000-03, Vol.6 (1), p.57-62
Main Author: Hughes, Rhidian A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
England
Health Care Services
Health Care Services Policy
Health Policy
Health Services Needs and Demand
Health technology assessment
Humans
Needs
Patients
Prisoners
Prisons
State Medicine
United Kingdom
Wales
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:This short communication considers people’s health care needs in prison. It shows that people have a wide range of health care needs that are not always met when they spend time in prison. To locate these issues the paper draws on the “patient or prisoner” debate to understand the challenges that face future policies.
ISSN:1353-8292
1873-2054
DOI:10.1016/S1353-8292(99)00030-1