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Prison medicine and health / edited by Emily Phipps, MBChB (Hons), MSc, PGDip, MFPH, Éamonn O'Moore, FFPH, Emma Plugge and Jake Hard. [electronic resource]

Contributor(s): Series: Oxford specialist handbooks | Oxford medicine onlinePublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)Content type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780191872600
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version :: No titleDDC classification:
  • 365.6670941 23
LOC classification:
  • HV8844
Online resources: Summary: There are almost 86,000 people in the prison system in the United Kingdom, held in 118 prisons and nine immigration removal centres. People in the carceral system have some of the most complex health and social care needs in all of society. They have higher rates of cardiovascular disease, mental health issues, substance misuse problems, and the prison setting can increase the spread of infectious diseases. Therefore, they require complex, multidisciplinary care that is person-centred and that does not treat them as a prisoner, but rather as a patient. As the specialty of prison medicine develops, this handbook provides an introduction to the discipline, offering a hands-on guide that brings together up-to-date policy and guidance alongside practical tips for practitioners working in the prison estate.
Holdings
Item type Home library Class number URL Status Date due Barcode
E-book University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay - Furness NHS Library Link to resource Not for loan
E-book University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay - Lancaster NHS Library Link to resource Not for loan

This edition also issued in print: 2023.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

There are almost 86,000 people in the prison system in the United Kingdom, held in 118 prisons and nine immigration removal centres. People in the carceral system have some of the most complex health and social care needs in all of society. They have higher rates of cardiovascular disease, mental health issues, substance misuse problems, and the prison setting can increase the spread of infectious diseases. Therefore, they require complex, multidisciplinary care that is person-centred and that does not treat them as a prisoner, but rather as a patient. As the specialty of prison medicine develops, this handbook provides an introduction to the discipline, offering a hands-on guide that brings together up-to-date policy and guidance alongside practical tips for practitioners working in the prison estate.

Specialized.

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on August 21, 2023).