Delivering compassionate care in the criminal justice system
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Delivering compassionate care in the criminal justice system

Hélène Mulholland Freelance journalist
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Hélène Mulholland reports on a conference exploring the pressures of delivering health care in a prison environment

HOW DO nurses care compassionately for someone locked up for violence, rape or murder? What if a prison nurse struggles to smile at the criminal with a chilling record? And what can be done to persuade the doubters in society that people in prison deserve the same level of care as those outside the prison gates?

Mental Health Practice. 19, 1, 8-9. doi: 10.7748/mhp.19.1.8.s9

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09 September 2015 / Vol 19 issue 1

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