Perspectives of homeless people on their health and health needs priorities

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 273-281

  Daiski, Isolde ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community care; Health promotion; Inequalities in health; Nurse roles; Nurse patient relationships; Qualitative interviews

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; ETHICS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PROBLEM; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; ONTARIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL PROBLEMS;

EID: 34247391600     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2007.04234.x     Document Type: Article

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