Health and Health Care In The Nation's Prisons: Issues, Challenges, and Policies - Couverture rigide

Delgado, Melvin; Humm-Delgado, Denise

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0742563006 ISBN 13 : 9780742563001

Editeur : Rowman & Littlefield, 2008

Synopsis

The United States correctional system is facing an urgent crisis in how to meet the health care needs of its prisoners. As the number of inmates in correctional facilities increases, prisons struggle to adequately address health care needs in a financially feasible way. Many prisoners enter the system with medical problems that have gone unmet, and the toxic environments inside the prisons further compromise their health, causing serious problems both within the prisons themselves and in society as a whole when the prisoners are released. Health and Health Care in the Nations Prisons presents a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the health care challenges facing todays prisons along with concrete recommendations for change.

In addition to an overview of the most common prison health care problems, this book provides a unique assessment of the needs of largely-overlooked prison populations, including women, people of color, and older adults. Authors Melvin Delgado and Denise Humm-Delgado cover high profile health care needs, such as substance abuse and mental illness, as well as lower profile needs like hepatitis and STDs. They also provide essential background information on the development of todays crisis by tracing the history of the U.S. health care system and how it has changed over time to meet social needs.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Dr. Melvin Delgado, M.S.W, Ph.D., is Professor of Social Work at Boston University School of Social Work. He is the former Chair of Macro Practice. He brings over 40 years of practice, research, and scholarship focused on urban population groups, with the Latinx community being a specific focus. Dr. Delgado is bilingual and bicultural, born and raised in New York City (South Bronx) and has focused his professional and academic career on developing urban-based outreach, research, and service delivery models stressing participatory democratic principles, and tapping cultural strengths and community assets. Dr. Delgado's has addressed a variety of social issues and needs, and published numerous articles and over 30 books on urban community practice topics. He is currently the Series Editor on Social Justice and Youth Community Practice, Oxford University Press.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Rowman & Littlefield
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0742563006
• ISBN 13: 9780742563001
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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