Table of contents

  • Summary
  • 1 Introduction
    • 1.1 The prisoner population
    • 1.2 The prison environment
    • 1.3 Previous studies into prisoner medication use
  • 2 Methods
    • 2.1 Data comparison
    • 2.2 Focus group consultations
  • 3 Medication use among prisoners and the general population
    • 3.1 Proportion of the populations using medications
    • 3.2 Types of medication taken
  • 4 Why medication use in prisoners differs from use in the general community
    • 4.1 Reasons relating to the prisoner population
    • 4.2 Reasons relating to the prison environment
    • 4.3 The use of specific medications
    • 4.4 Principle of equivalence of care
  • 5 Discussion/conclusion
  • Acknowledgments
  • Glossary of medication categories
  • References
  • Related publications
  • Verso details
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