Prisoners' perpectives of health problems and healthcare in a US women's jail

Women and Health

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 119-136

  Hatton, Diane C ^a   Kleffel, Dorothy ^a   Fisher, Anasthasia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Health services accessibility; Jails; Prisoners; Vulnerable populations; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN DIGNITY; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRISONER; PRIVACY; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ADDICTION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; PRISONERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33845629100     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v44n01_07     Document Type: Article

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