Aging behind bars: Health care for older female inmates

Journal of Women and Aging

Volumn 16, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 55-69

  Reviere, Rebecca ^a   Young, Vernetta D ^a  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Death and dying; Female prisoners; Mental health care; Older inmates; Physical health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PILOT STUDY; PRISON; PRISONER;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRISONERS; PRISONS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 3042750492     PISSN: 08952841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J074v16n01_05     Document Type: Article

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