Stories from the streets: People's experiences of homelessness

Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 432-439

  Williams, S ^a   Stickley, T ^b  

^a NOTTINGHAMSHIRE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exclusion; Homelessness; Identity; Mental health; Narrative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED KINGDOM; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 79955520279     PISSN: 13510126     EISSN: 13652850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2850.2010.01676.x     Document Type: Article

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