Incarceration and the new asylums: Consequences for the mental health of women prisoners

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1304-1307

  Hatton, Diane C ^a   Fisher, Anastasia A ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRISON; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; UNITED STATES;

FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PRISONS; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 57249107986     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: 10964673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01612840802498599     Document Type: Article

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