Are health-promoting prisons an impossibility? Lessons from England and Wales

Health Education

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 219-229

  Caraher, Martin ^a   Dixon, Paul ^b   Carr Hill, Roy ^b   Hayton, Paul ^c   McGough, Hilary ^d   Bird, Lisa ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c Prison Health Policy Unit   (United Kingdom)

^d Mental Health Foundation ^*  (United Kingdom)

^e Mental Health Foundation   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Health care; Prisons; Promotion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986042607     PISSN: 09654283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09654280210444092     Document Type: Article

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