Disparities in justice and care: Persons with severe mental illnesses in the U.S. immigration detention system

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 392-399

  Ochoa, Kristen C ^a   Pleasants, Gregory L ^b   Penn, Joseph V ^c   Stone, David C ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Federal Defenders of San Diego Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRISON; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; PRISONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL JUSTICE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956912125     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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