Utilization of Medical Services by a Captive Population: An Analysis of Sick Call in a State Prison

This paper addresses the problem of the effects of a total institution (Goffman, 1961) environment on the use of medical services. The empirical focus is on a midwestern United States penitentiary for men. Three components of the problem are identified: the difference between the incidence of physic...

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