02880nam 2200553Ia 450 991095353990332120251017110109.09786610214914978128021491212802149109780309535090030953509397805850997500585099758(CKB)111004366657414(OCoLC)70773025(CaPaEBR)ebrary10060369(MiAaPQ)EBC3376802(Perlego)4735055(DNLM)645771(BIP)737625(EXLCZ)9911100436665741419880812d1988 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierHomelessness, health, and human needs /Committee on Health Care for Homeless People, Institute of Medicine1st ed.Washington, D.C. National Academy Press19881 online resource (xii, 242 pages) illustrations9780309038324 0309038324 Includes bibliographies and index.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 IndexThere 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.HomelessnessHealth aspectsUnited StatesPoorMedical careUnited StatesHomelessnessHealth aspectsPoorMedical care362.1/08806942MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910953539903321Homelessness, health, and human needs4367568UNINA