title: Captive care: changes in prison nursing.
abstract: Nursing in prisons is a new growth area. This article highlights how the major developments in mental health provision and changing health patterns in inmate populations have influenced the evolution of specialist nursing services for prisoners. Many issues concerning the role, training and salaries of nurses who work in prisons remain unresolved, however, and the complex ethical and legal conflicts remain ever-present in the prison environment.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Burrows
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009732:Nursing Care; D011329:Prisoners; D012637:Security Measures