Women's health in prisons: It is time to correct gender insensitivity and social injustice

Public Health

Volumn 124, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 632-634

  van den Bergh, B J ^a   Moller L F ^a   Hayton, P ^b  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b WHO Collaborating Centre for Promoting Prison Health   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Declaration; Gender insensitivity; Prisons; WHO; Women's health

Indexed keywords

GENDER DISPARITY; SOCIAL JUSTICE; UNITED NATIONS; WOMENS HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARTICLE; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; PRISON; PRISONER; SOCIAL JUSTICE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

FEMALE; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; PRISONERS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EUROPE;

EID: 77957890638     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2010.08.006     Document Type: Article

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