Imprisonment and women's health: concerns about gender sensitivity, human rights and public health
The health of prisoners is among the poorest of any population group and the apparent inequalities pose both a challenge and an opportunity for country health systems.The high rates of imprisonment in many countries, the resulting overcrowding, characteristics of prison populations and the dispropor...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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The World Health Organization
2011-09-01
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Series: | Bulletin of the World Health Organization |
Online Access: | http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862011000900016&lng=en&tlng=en |