Prisoner health care provision: Reflections from Australia

International Journal of Prisoner Health

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 65-73

  Levy, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Justice Health Centre for Health Research in Criminal Justice   (Australia)

Author keywords

Equivalence; Models of prison health; Prisoners families; Public health

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748848869     PISSN: 17449200     EISSN: 17449219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17449200500156905     Document Type: Review

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