Experiences of homeless people in the health care delivery system: A descriptive phenomenological study: Populations at risk across the lifespan: Empirical studies

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 420-430

  Martins, Diane Cocozza ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b Diane Cocozza Martins   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to health care; Homeless health care; Phenomenology; Qualitative study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SERVICE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; CONNECTICUT; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; PREJUDICE; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STEREOTYPING; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 50049093991     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: 15251446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2008.00726.x     Document Type: Article

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