title: Health care provision in prisons: a review on European and international guidelines.
abstract: Health care provision in prisons is an area of increasing international concern. The spectrum of health problems which prisoners may bring to prison is wide and in many cases prevalence is greater than in the general population.The profound knowledge of delicate issues such as medical confidentiality and informed consent of the patient, with special refer to infectious disease, hunger strike and prison research is necessary in the prison working environment. In the following paragraphs the European and International conventions and guidelines on the matter are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology of School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: E I
authors.initials: EI
authors.lastname: Sakelliadis
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Spiliopoulou
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Papadodima
mesh_terms: D003219:Confidentiality; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000941:ethics / Q000592:standards*; D005060:Europe; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D011329:Prisoners; D011330:Prisons