Aging in correctional custody: Setting a policy agenda for older prisoner health care

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 102, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1475-1481

  Williams, Brie A ^a   Stern, Marc F ^b   Mellow, Jeff ^c   Safer, Meredith ^e   Greifinger, Robert B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Department of Criminal Justice ^*  (United States)

^d JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE   (Liberia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DISABILITY; EDUCATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOUSING; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRISONER; STANDARD;

AGED; AGING; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PRISONERS;

EID: 84864326898     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.300704     Document Type: Article

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