Women prisoners and health justice : perspectives, issues, and advocacy for an international hidden population / edited by Diane C. Hatton and Anastasia A. Fisher ; foreword by Andrew Coyle.

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Publication details:
Oxford ; New York : Radcliffe Pub., c2009.
Edition:
1st edition
Record id:
75491
Author:
Hatton, Diane C. 
Fisher, Anastasia A. 
Subject:
Women prisoners.
Female offenders.
Women prisoners -- Health and hygiene.
Contents:
1. The ongoing struggle for ethical ideals : justice and human rights
2. Social capital : a lens for examining health of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women
3. Challenges incarcerated women face as they return to their communities : findings from life history interviews
4. Women, health and prisons in Australia
5. Incarceration of women in Britain : a matter of madness
6. The importance of gender in US prisons
7. Prisons are sickening : what do we do about it?
8. Achieving sustainable improvement in the health of women in prisons : the approach of the WHO Health in Prisons Project
9. Standards for prison health care : US and British approaches
10. Ethics for health care providers : codes as guidance for practice in prisons
11. Advocacy
12. Teaching and learning for social transformation
13. Women prisoners and health justice : challenges and recommendations.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781846192425
Phys. description:
xxiv, 146 p. ; 25 cm