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Robert . Ed(S): Greifinger - Public Health Behind Bars - 9780387716947 - V9780387716947
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Public Health Behind Bars

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Description for Public Health Behind Bars Hardback. Examines the burden of illness in the growing prison population, and analyzes the impact on public health as prisoners are released. This book makes a case for correctional health care that is humane for those incarcerated and beneficial to the communities they reenter. Editor(s): Greifinger, Robert. Num Pages: 592 pages, 56 black & white illustrations, 33 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JKV; JMK; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 259 x 188 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1146.

Projecting correctional facility-based health care into the community arena, Public Health Behind Bars: From Prisons to Communities examines the burden of illness in the growing prison population, and analyzes the considerable impact on public health as prisoners are released. More than forty practitioners, researchers, and scholars in correctional health, mental health, law, and public policy make a timely case for correctional health care that is humane for those incarcerated and beneficial to the communities they reenter. These authors offer affirmative recommendations toward that evolutionary step.

Chapter authors identify the most compelling health problems behind bars (including communicable disease, ... Read more

  • Can transmission of HIV, tuberculosis, and other communicable diseases be reduced and prevented among prisoners?
  • How can correctional facilities treat addiction more effectively?
  • What can be done to improve diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric disorders?
  • Can correctional care benefit from quality management and performance measurement?
  • How can care be coordinated between correctional and community health care providers?
  • What are the health risks to communities if action is not taken?

Public Health BehindBars: From Prisons to Communities is a challenge of immediate interest to readers in correctional health and medicine, public and community health, health care administration and policy, and civil rights.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
592
Condition
New
Number of Pages
576
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9780387716947
SKU
V9780387716947
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15

About Robert . Ed(S): Greifinger
Robert B. Greifinger, M.D., is a medical management consultant. He has extensive experience in the development and management of complex community and institutional health care programs. His current clients include managed care organizations and state and local correctional systems. Greifinger frequently serves as a court-appointed expert to report on ailing correctional health systems. He is also an adjunct Professor at ... Read more

Reviews for Public Health Behind Bars
From the reviews: "A comprehensive, provocative volume of articles edited by Robert Greifinger that explores correctional health interventions and their impact on greater public health. … a multi-faceted, invaluable resource that should be required reading for anyone interested in correctional health. … This book is suitable for a wide audience and is an indispensable reference ... Read more

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