Homelessness, health, and human needs / Committee on Health Care for Homeless People, Institute of Medicine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Health Care for Homeless People.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Homelessness--Health aspects--United States.

Homelessness.

Poor--Medical care--United States.

Poor.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 242 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1988.

Summary:

There have always been homeless people in the United States, but their plight has only recently stirred widespread public reaction and concern. Part of this new recognition stems from the problem's prevalence: the number of homeless individuals, while hard to pin down exactly, is rising. In light of this, Congress asked the Institute of Medicine to find out whether existing health care programs were ignoring the homeless or delivering care to them inefficiently. This book is the report prepared by a committee of experts who examined these problems through visits to city slums and impoverished rural areas, and through an analysis of papers written by leading scholars in the field.

Contents:

1 Front Matter; 2 1. Who Are The Homeless?; 3 2. Dynamics of Homelessness; 4 3. Health Problems of Homeless People; 5 4. Access to Health Care Services for Homelessness People; 6 5. Health Care Services for Homeless People; 7 6. Summary and Recommendations; 8 Appendix A: Legislative Efforts to Aid the Homeless; 9 Appendix B: The Methodology of Counting the Homeless; 10 Appendix C: The Rural Homeless; 11 Appendix D: Site Visits and Meetings with Local Providers of Services to the Homeless; 12 Appendix E: Acknowledgments; 13 Appendix F: Biographical Notes on Committee Members; 14 Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographies and index.

ISBN:

9786610214914

9781280214912

1280214910

9780309535090

0309535093

9780585099750

0585099758

OCLC:

70773025