These articles and texts have been identified during the development of the Prisoners page by the authors and reviewers. This is not an exhaustive list. References were selected for their relevance, and have not been formally reviewed for quality.

2009
Dawes J Ageing Prisoners: Issues for Social Work Aust Soc Wk 2009 62(2): 258-271

Linder JF and Meyers FJ Palliative and end-of-life care in correctional settings Journal of Social Work in End-Of-Life & Palliative Care,  2009, 5(1 & 2): 7 - 33

2008
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Prisoners in Australia, December 2008. 2008 Dec 11;(Cat 4517.0). Commonwealth of Australia.

2006
Bronstein LR, Wright K. The impact of prison hospice: collaboration among social workers and other professionals in a criminal justice setting that promotes care for the dying. J Soc Work End Life Palliat Care. 2006;2(4):85-102

2005
Bolger M. Dying in prison: providing palliative care in challenging environments. Int J Palliat Nurs. 2005 Dec;11(12):619-20; discussion 621.

Lin JT, Mathew P. Cancer pain management in prisons: A survey of primary care practitioners and inmates. J Pain symptom manage. 2005 May;29(5):466-73.

2004
Dawes J, Dawes J. End-of-life care in prisons. In Berzof J, Silverman P (Eds.). Living with dying: a handbook for end-of-life healthcare practitioners. 2004 Sep;928pp. New York: Columbia University Press.

O’Connor MF. Finding boundaries inside prison walls: case study of a terminally ill inmate. Death Stud. 2004 Jan;28(1):63-76.

Ratcliff M, Craig E. The GRACE Project: guiding end-of-life care in corrections 1998–2001. J Palliat Med. 2004 Apr;7(2):373-9.

2003
Fowler-Kerry S. Palliative care within secure forensic environments. J Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs. 2003 Jun;10(3):367-369.

Howse K. Growing old in prison: a scoping study on older prisoners. 2003. London: Centre for Policy on Aging and Prison Reform Trust.

Lum KL. Palliative care behind bars; the New Zealand prison hospice experience. J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother. 2003;17(3-4):131-8; discussion 139-40.

2002
Dawes J. Institutional perspectives and constraints. In Brown D, Wilkie M (Eds.). Prisoners as citizens: Human rights in Australian prisons, 2002 Jun;384pp. Annandale: The Federation Press.

2001
Cunningham A. Forgotten families: the impacts of imprisonment. Family Matters. 2001 Winter;59:35-38.

Fazel S, Hope T, O'Donnell I, Piper M, Jacoby R. Health of elderly male prisoners: worse than the general population, worse than younger prisoners. Age Ageing. 2001 Sep;30(5):403-7.

Wilford T. Developing effective palliative care within a prison setting. Int J Palliat Nurs. 2001 Nov; 7(11):528-30.

2000
Tillman T. Hospice in prison: the Louisiana state penitentiary hospice program. J Palliat Med. 2000 Winter;3(4):513-524.

1999
Cohn F. The ethics of end-of-life care for prison inmates. J Law Med Ethics. 1999 Fall;27(3):252-9, 210.

Dalton V. Death and dying in prison in Australia: national overview, 1980-1998. J Law Med Ethics. 1999 Fall;27(3):269-74, 210.

Johnson GG. Commentary: a personal view on palliative and hospice care in correctional facilities. J Law Med Ethics. 1999 Fall;27(3):238-39, 210.

1998
Maull FW. Issues in prison hospice: toward a model for the delivery of hospice care in a correctional setting. Hosp J. 1998;13(4):57-82.

1994
Russell M. Too little, too late, too slow: compassionate release for terminally ill prisoners – is the cure worse than the disease? Widener J Pub L. 1994 Spring;(3):799-856.

This page was created on 22 April 2009 and is due for review in April 2011
Last updated 5 November 2009