INTEGRATION OF A COMPREHENSIVE MEDICAL PROGRAM IN A JUVENILE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION

• NCJ Number: 37374
• Journal: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL WOMENS ASSOCIATION Volume: 30 Issue: 9 Dated: (SEPTEMBER 1975) Pages: 367,371-373 AND 377-378
• Author(s): H W RIS
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 6 pages
• Corporate Author: American Medical Womens Assoc Inc
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

DESCRIPTION OF THE MEDICAL, DENTAL, PSYCHIATRIC, PSYCHOLOGICAL, AND SOCIAL SERVICES PROVIDED AT THE WISCONSIN SCHOOL FOR GIRLS, A STATE INSTITUTION WHICH BECAME COEDUCATIONAL IN AUGUST 1972.

Abstract

THE AIM OF THE INSTITUTION'S MEDICAL DEPARTMENT IS TO RENDER HIGH QUALITY COMPREHENSIVE MULTIDISCIPLINARY CARE WITH CONSIDERATION OF THE SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, AND INTELLECTUAL PROBLEMS OF THE STUDENT. IT INCLUDES PREVENTION, IMMUNIZATION AND HEALTH EDUCATION, DIAGNOSIS OF ACUTE AND CHRONIC DISEASES, AND TREATMENT AS WELL AS REHABILITATION OF LONG STANDING DISABILITIES. REFERENCES ARE PROVIDED.