Health care for people who are incarcerated
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چکیده
Incarcerated individuals and those with a history of incarceration have high rates medical conditions yet face several barriers to care. Removing these through adequate funding, enhancing the role community health systems, addressing stigma discrimination are imperative improve well-being this population.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Nature Reviews Disease Primers
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['2056-676X']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41572-021-00288-9