Raging against the night: Dying homeless and alone

Journal of Clinical Ethics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 262-266

  O'Connell, James J ^a,b  

^a BOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; ETHICS; HOMELESSNESS; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRISONER; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PRISONERS; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27644549505     PISSN: 10467890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (4)

1. J.R. Hobbs et al., "Mortality in a Cohort of Homeless Adults in Philadelphia," New England Journal of Medicine 5, no. 331 (4 August 1994): 304-9;
2. S.W. Hwang et al., "Causes of Death in Homeless Adults in Boston," Annals of Internal Medicine 8, no. 126 (15 April 1997): 625-8;
3. "Deaths Among the Homeless - Atlanta, Georgia," MMWR 36, no. 19 (22 May 1987): 297-9.
4. A.M. Cheung and S.W. Hwang, "Risk of Death Among Homeless Women: A Cohort Study and Review of the Literature," Canadian Medical Association Journal 170, no. 8 (13 April 2004): 1243-7.