From the Grey Nuns to the streets: A critical history of outreach nursing in Canada

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 91-97

  Hardill, Kathy ^a  

^a Regent Park Community Health Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Homelessness; Outreach nursing; Political action; Poverty; Street nursing

Indexed keywords

CANADA; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; HISTORY; HUMAN; POVERTY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; REVIEW;

COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; ONTARIO; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING;

EID: 33845972674     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: 15251446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2006.00612.x     Document Type: Review

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