Going Home: Formerly Incarcerated African American Men Return to Families and Communities

Journal of Family Nursing

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 388-404

  Cooke, Cheryl L ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; families; homelessness; incarceration; prisoners

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; FAMILY; FAMILY NURSING; FAMILY RELATION; HEALTH STATUS; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; FAMILY; FAMILY NURSING; FAMILY RELATIONS; HEALTH STATUS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MEN; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONERS; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644874298     PISSN: 10748407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1074840705281753     Document Type: Article

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