Solitary confinement and mental illness in U.S. prisons: A challenge for medical ethics

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 104-108

  Metzner, Jeffrey L ^a   Fellner, Jamie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b US Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHICS; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL DISEASE; PRISON; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; UNITED STATES;

ETHICS, MEDICAL; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PRISONERS; PRISONS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77951828787     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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