Authoritative guidance on legal, clinical and administrative issues in the provision of health care to correctional populations.
This indispensable resource on institutional management issues and effective clinical approaches in the correctional environment:
Concisely outlines federal law applicable to inmate medical care, and tells you how to avoid liability risks
Gives you detailed clinical practice guidelines
Provides strategies to limit the risk of disease transmission among inmates
Details ways to successfully implement telemedicine procedures in correctional medical and dental programs, to enhance care while cutting costs and improving security
Spotlights the issues raised by an aging inmate population — and provides potential solutions
Addresses the special health concerns of juvenile offenders
Explains which administrative, programmatic, clinical and pharmaceutical approaches work best for inmates with mental disorders
Shows how to use correctional health services to help reduce violence
Outlines methods for coping with nursing shortages
Offers strategies to contain cost while improving the quality of correctional health care services
To order, use the orderform or contact: Civic Research Institute • P.O. Box 585, Kingston, NJ 08528 Tel: 609-683-4450 • Fax: 609-683-7291
Email: order@civicresearchinstitute.com
