Homelessness, Health, and Human Needs

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Publication Year:1988

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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 ...
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Front Matter	i-xiv
1. Who Are The Homeless?	1-21	(skim)
2. Dynamics of Homelessness	22-38	(skim)
3. Health Problems of Homeless People	39-75	(skim)
4. Access to Health Care Services for Homelessness People	76-102	(skim)
5. Health Care Services for Homeless People	103-135	(skim)
6. Summary and Recommendations	136-162	(skim)
Appendix A: Legislative Efforts to Aid the Homeless	163-168	(skim)
Appendix B: The Methodology of Counting the Homeless	169-182	(skim)
Appendix C: The Rural Homeless	183-217	(skim)
Appendix D: Site Visits and Meetings with Local Providers of Services to the Homeless	218-222	(skim)
Appendix E: Acknowledgments	223-224	(skim)
Appendix F: Biographical Notes on Committee Members	225-227	(skim)
Index	228-242	(skim)

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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.

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