Policy and service responses to rough sleeping among older people

Journal of Social Policy

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 21-36

  Crane, Maureen ^a   Warnes, Anthony M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMELESSNESS; SERVICE PROVISION; SOCIAL POLICY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034104754     PISSN: 00472794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0047279400005808     Document Type: Article

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