Tapping into the culture of homelessness

Journal of Professional Nursing

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 176-183

  Davis, Ruth E ^a,b  

^a MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Health needs; Homelessness; Survival

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; NURSING RESEARCH; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION;

CULTURAL DIVERSITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; NURSING RESEARCH; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0030135466     PISSN: 87557223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S8755-7223(96)80042-1     Document Type: Article

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