Access to women's health care: A qualitative study of barriers perceived by homeless women

Women and Health

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 87-100

  Gelberg, Lillian ^a   Browner, C H ^a   Lejano, Elena ^b   Arangua, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Family planning; Health services; Homeless persons

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH CONTROL; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREJUDICE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 13844311191     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v40n02_06     Document Type: Article

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