National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. (2016) Physical health of people in prison. London: NICE.
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External website: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng57
This guideline from the United Kingdom covers assessing, diagnosing and managing physical health problems of people in prison. It aims to improve health and wellbeing in the prison population by promoting more coordinated care and more effective approaches to prescribing, dispensing and supervising medicines.
Who is it for?
• Practitioners and managers working in prisons or young offender institutions
• Providers of care and support to people in prisons or young offender institutions
• People in prisons or young offender institutions, and their families and carers.
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Patient / client care management
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Health care programme, service or facility > Prison-based health service
MM-MO Crime and law > Justice system > Correctional system and facility > Prison
N Communication, information and education > Recommendations > Practice / clinical guidelines
T Demographic characteristics > Person in prison (prisoner)
T Demographic characteristics > Person who commits a criminal offence (offender)
VA Geographic area > Europe > United Kingdom
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