Prison Health Care

Paper Summary:

This paper explains that the skyrocketing prison population has caused the delivery of quality health care services to suffer. The author points out that the research indicates that, in the midst of a untenable environment, health care providers are faced with the dual dilemma of trying to delivery quality health care services to a disproportionately mentally ill and elderly prison population, while simultaneously trying to ensure their own personal safety. The paper indicates that the qualitative study by J. Doyle (1999) did not result in any earth-shattering findings but was found to be timely and a good starting point for future studies of this nature. The paper includes several embedded quotations.

Table of Contents:
Review and Discussion
Problem
Study Purpose
Research Question
Study Design
Subjects and Setting.
Data Collection Methods
Data Analysis Procedures
Strengths and Limitations
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"What is the problem the study was conducted to resolve? According to a recent report from the Bureau of Justice Statistics, in spite of a general decline in crime across the country, the United States continues to incarcerate more of its citizens than any other developed nation in the world. In fact, the nation's prison population increases by 900 inmates each week, and between mid-2003 and mid-2004, the nation's prisons and jails held 2.1 million people, or approximately one in every 138 U.S. residents. By June 30, 2005, there were 48,000 more inmates, or 2.3 percent, more than 2004, according to the latest figures from the Bureau of Justice Statistics."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Beger, R. R., & Erger, J. S. (2002, December). Geriatric nursing in prisons is a growing concern. Corrections Today, 64(7), 122.
• Buck, M. (2000). Prisons, social control and political prisoners. Social Justice, 27(3), 25.
• Daly, W. C. (2000). A half century of prison psychology: 1950-2000. Education, 120(3), 469.
• Doyle, J. (1999). A qualitative study of factors influencing psychiatric nursing practice in Australian prisons. Perspectives in Psychiatric Care, 35(1), 29.
• Droes, N. S. (1994). Correctional nursing practice. Journal of Community Health Nursing, 11(4), 201.

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