Women Prisoners and Health Justice - Perspectives, Issues Advocacy for an International Hidden Population

Informationen zum Autor Dianne Hatton, Anastasia Fisher Zusammenfassung Incarceration severely affects the health and wellbeing of women both during their incarceration and following release, further complicating the health disparities they already experience as a consequence of gender, race and social class Inhaltsverzeichnis The on-going struggle for ethical ideals: justice and human rights. Social capital: a lens for examining health of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women. Challenges incarcerated women face as they return to their communities: findings from life history interviews. Women! health and prisons in Australia. Incarceration of women in Britain: a matter of madness. The importance of gender in US prisons. Prisons are sickening: what do we do about it? Achieving sustainable improvement in the health of women in prisons: the approach of the WHO Health in Prisons Project. Standards for prison healthcare: US and British approaches. Ethics for healthcare providers: codes as guidance for practice in prisons. Advocacy. Teaching and learning for social transformation. Women prisoners and health justice: challenges and recommendations.

Product details

• Authors: Anastasia Fisher, Fisher Anastasia, Dianne Hatton, Dianne Fisher Hatton
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.08.2009
• EAN: 9781846192425
• ISBN: 978-1-84619-242-5
• No. of pages: 170
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology, MEDICAL / Occupational & Industrial Medicine, Environmental medicine, Offenders, Offenders / Criminals