Community managed offenders’ access to healthcare services: Report of a pilot study

Probation Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-59

  Brooker, C ^a   Syson Nibbs, L ^b   Barrett, Paul ^a   Fox, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

^b Derbyshire County NHS Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

health needs; mental health; offenders; probation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84998065443     PISSN: 02645505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0264550509102401     Document Type: Article

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