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Clinical Practice in Correctional Medicine

  • 2nd Edition - January 18, 2006
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Michael Puisis
  • Language: English

Written and edited by 40 practitioners in prison systems and public health from all over the USA, this critically acclaimed text comprehensively covers the medical issues specific… Read more

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Written and edited by 40 practitioners in prison systems and public health from all over the USA, this critically acclaimed text comprehensively covers the medical issues specific to the correctional setting—essential, practical information not available in other books. It explores all major areas of correctional medicine, from intake to hospice care—including clinical management of diseases common among the incarcerated, ethical concerns, organization of health services delivery, patient-provider relations, legal issues, and more. The 2nd Edition delivers completely new sections on nursing and emergency services in the correctional setting, as well as new chapters on hepatitis C, geriatric care, end-of-life care, telemedicine, and other timely subjects.

Key features

  • Explores important topics including direct clinical care, chronic and infectious disease prevention and care, women's health in correctional facilities, alcohol and drug abuse, emergencies, nursing issues, dental care, juvenile care, preventive health issues, quality improvement, ethical and legal issues, and end-of-life care.
  • Covers all major areas of mental health care, including suicide prevention, outpatient mental health programming, crisis intervention, and the behaviorally disordered patient.
  • Offers chapters on sexually transmitted diseases and tuberculosis co-authored with representatives of the Centers for Disease Control, to provide reliable information on screening for these diseases consistent with national guidelines.

Readership

Correctional physicians and nurses, administrators in correctional facilities and psychiatrists and mental health workers.

Table of contents

I. The Correctional Physician


1. Doctors, Patients, and the History of Correctional Medicine


2. Challenges of Improving Quality in the Correctional Setting


3. Interaction between Correctional Staff and Health Care Providers in the Delivery of Health Care


4. Medical Ethics and Correctional Health Care


II. The Correctional Nurse


5. Correctional Nursing in Perspective


6. Nursing Primary Care


7. Nursing Chronic Care


8. Nursing Case Management


9. Nursing Emergency Services


10. Nursing Emergency Triage


11. Infirmary Nursing


III. Medical Issues in Corrections


12. Intake Evaluations in Prisons and Jails


13. Chronic Disease Management


14. Sick Call as Triage


15. Infirmary Care


16. The Hospital Secure Unit


IV. Infectious Diseases


17. Tuberculosis Screening


18. Tuberculosis in the Correctional Facility


19. Overview of STDs in Corrections Facilities


20. Epidemiology of Contagious and Infectious Diseases in Correctional Facilities


21. Overview of HIV Care


22. Use of Antiretroviral Agents in the Treatment of HIV


23. Hepatitis C in Corrections


V. Women’s Health Care


24. Care of the Pregnant Inmate


25. Women’s Health Care in the Incarcerated Setting



VI. Mental Health


26. Psychiatric Intake Screening


27. Mental Health Outpatient Services in Correctional Settings


28. Managing the Patient with an Acute Psychiatric Condition


29. Suicide Prevention in Correctional Facilities: An Overview


30. Psychiatric Nursing


31. Self-inflicted Injury


VII. Public Health


32. Preventive Health Issues for Individuals in Jails and Prisons


33. The Treatment of Alcohol and Other Drug Abstinence Programs


34. Methadone in Corrections


35. Desmoteric Medicine and the Public Health


36. Mortality in Prisons and Jails


37. Annual Health Examinations


VIII. Emergency Services


38. Emergency Medical Services


39. Trauma Care in Corrections


40. Emergency Mental Health Problems


41. Emergency Dental Problems in Corrections


42. Emergency Equipment Needs in Correctional Facilities


43. Emergency Triage


IX. Special Issues in Corrections


44. Quality Improvement Through Care Management


45. Performance Measurement of Medical Care Programs


46. Telemedicine in Correctional Facilities


47. Care of the Impaired and Disabled


48. Special Problems of Health Services for Juvenile Justice Programs


49. Legal Considerations in the Delivery of Health Care Services in Prisons and Jails


50. Geriatric Care in Correctional Facilities


51. End of Life Care in Prisons and Jails

Review quotes

REVIEW OF THE LAST EDITION

"A necessity for all health professionals working in correctional settings. I also recommend it for use in medical schools and schools of public health and health administration. The challenges described are so fascinating and the standards of clinical care and professional behavior presented are so high that the book will attract students to this important field of health care."—JAMA

Product details

  • Edition: 2
  • Latest edition
  • Published: February 13, 2006
  • Language: English

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