Mothering on the margins: Homeless women with an sud and complex mental health Co-morbidities

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 288-293

  Dawson, Angela ^a   Jackson, Debra ^a   Cleary, Michelle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MOTHER; NOTE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MOTHERS; PARENTING; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84876035913     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: 10964673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01612840.2013.771522     Document Type: Note

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