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Community spirit and honour among thieves
— [prison healthcare] | | Author(s) | Julia Tabreham |
| Journal title | Health Service Journal, vol 118, no 6124, 18 September 2008 |
| Pages | pp 16-17 |
| Source | http://www.hsj.co.uk |
| Keywords | Prisoners ; Health services ; Informal care. |
| Annotation | A study by the author of prison healthcare has uncovered evidence of inmates giving routine care to other prisoners who are old, vulnerable or ill. Her article notes that although prisoners are not allowed to care for each other in prison in any official sense, she describes ways in which both men and women prisoners care for fellow inmates, including secretly administering medication. In the light of the national strategy for carers, she believes that it is time that the acts of this group of carers were formally recognised. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080923201 A |
| Classmark | TGF: L: P6 * |
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