Transitional health care for offenders being released from United States prisons

Canadian Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 38-58

  Flanagan, Nancy A ^a,b  

^a Stockton Kimball Tower ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Correctional health care; Prison discharge planning; Transitional health care; Vulnerable populations model

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BUDGET; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MENTAL DISEASE; NURSING; OFFENDER; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRISONER; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PRISONERS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

EID: 3242664562     PISSN: 08445621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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