Words matter: a call for humanizing and respectful language to describe people who experience incarceration

• मुख्य लेखकों: Nguyen Toan Tran (लेखक), Stéphanie Baggio (लेखक), Angela Dawson (लेखक), Éamonn O'Moore (लेखक), Brie Williams (लेखक), Precious Bedell (लेखक), Olivier Simon (लेखक), Willem Scholten (लेखक), Laurent Getaz (लेखक), Hans Wolff (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: BMC, 2018-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: article
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Abstract Background Words matter when describing people involved in the criminal justice system because language can have a significant impact upon health, wellbeing, and access to health information and services. However, terminology used in policies, programs, and research publications is often de...