Healthcare issues of detainees in police custody in London, UK

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-17

  Payne James, J J ^a   Green, P G ^a   Green, N ^b   McLachlan, G M C ^d   Munro, M H W M ^a,b,c,d   Moore, T C B ^c  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Christchurch College   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Deliberate self harm; Detainees; Drug misuse; Forensic; Healthcare; Healthcare professionals; Hepatitis; HIV; Intentional self injury; Intravenous; Mental health; Police custody; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; COCAINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUTOMUTILATION; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG USE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH HAZARD; HEPATITIS; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POLICE; PRESCRIPTION; PRISONER; REGISTER; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ASTHMA; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEPATITIS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LONDON; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; POLICE; PRISONERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 71549123241     PISSN: 1752928X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2007.10.011     Document Type: Article

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