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Edited by Robert B. Greifinger. 576 pp. New York, Springer, 2007. $89.95. ISBN 978-0-387-71694-7.

Given the tremendous growth of the prison population in the United States over the past 30 years, Robert Greifinger's comprehensive book on health and the criminal justice system is overdue. Public Health Behind Bars is a compilation of cross-disciplinary essays and reviews that illuminate the complexities of providing compassionate and competent medical care to inmates while maximizing public health.

Public health experts and correctional administrators have at times had a rocky relationship because of their disparate agendas. Public health experts, such as many of the contributors to this book, seek to take advantage of the concentration of disease — including . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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