Harm reduction and women in the Canadian national prison system: Policy or Practice?

Women and Health

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 57-73

  Rehman, Laurene ^a   Gahagan, Jacqueline ^a   DiCenso, Anne Marie ^b   Dias, Giselle ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Prisoner's HIV/AIDS Support Action Network   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian women in prison; Harm reduction; Hepatitis C; HIV

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERVIEW; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRISON; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; PRISONERS; PRISONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL CONTROL POLICIES; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 21044445006     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v40n04_04     Document Type: Article

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