A survey of primary and specialised health care provision to prisons in England and Wales

Primary Health Care Research and Development

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 126-135

  Cornford, Charles S ^a   Mason, James ^a   Buchanan, Katie ^b   Reeves, David ^c   Kontopantelis, Evangelos ^c   Sibbald, Bonnie ^c   Thornton Jones, Helen ^d   Williamson, Mark ^e   Baer, Lenny ^f  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^f LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

chronic disease; delivery of health care; prison health; quality of health care

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011462922     PISSN: 14634236     EISSN: 14771128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1463423608000583     Document Type: Article

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