Caring for and connecting with homeless adolescents

Family and Community Health

Volumn 31, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Rew, Lynn ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b School of Nursing   (United States)

Author keywords

Homeless adolescents; Social policy; Survival needs; Theories of caring

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37349041049     PISSN: 01606379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.FCH.0000304017.13255.12     Document Type: Conference Paper

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