Evaluating the quality of correctional mental health services: An approach to surveying a correctional mental health system

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 427-438

  Elliott, Richard L ^a  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRISON; REVIEW;

FEMALE; GEORGIA; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PRISONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0031446565     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0798(199723/09)15:4<427::AID-BSL286>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Review

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