Civil legal services and medical-legal partnerships needed by the homeless population: A national survey

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 398-401

  Tsai, Jack ^a   Jenkins, Darlene ^b   Lawton, Ellen ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b National Health Care for the Homeless Council   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOPERATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOMELESS PERSON; HUMAN; LEGAL SERVICE; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; LEGAL SERVICES; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85020650334     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303596     Document Type: Review

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