PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Candilis, PJ
AU  - Appelbaum, KL
TI  - Anatomy of a prison commission
DP  - 1997 Sep 01
TA  - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
PG  - 401--407
VI  - 25
IP  - 3
4099  - http://jaapl.org/content/25/3/401.short
4100  - http://jaapl.org/content/25/3/401.full
SO  - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law1997 Sep 01; 25
AB  - Although the epidemiology of mental disorders in the prison system has been investigated in the past, delivery of health services to prison inmates has not received similar scrutiny. Members of a state prison commission describe the process by which they developed their assessment of health care delivery. A model is offered for defining such a mission, selecting standards against which to test prison health services, choosing a testable focus, refining a valid and reliable methodology, and piloting the result.