Addressing the aging crisis in U.S. criminal justice health care.

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Published in J Am Geriatr Soc on May 29, 2012

Authors

Brie A Williams1, James S Goodwin, Jacques Baillargeon, Cyrus Ahalt, Louise C Walter

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94118, USA. brie.williams@ucsf.edu

Associated clinical trials:

Enhancing Care of the Aged and Dying in Prisons | NCT03055429

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