Homelessness, health status and emergency department use: An integrated review of the literature

Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 178-185

  Moore, Gaye ^a,b   Gerdtz, Marie ^a   Manias, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Homeless; Policy; Poverty; Re presentation; Risk assessment tool

Indexed keywords

EID: 36549036752     PISSN: 15746267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aenj.2007.07.003     Document Type: Review

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