This volume highlights the socioeconomic concerns related to medical care for homeless patients and places them at the interface of common psychiatric and medic

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

Chronic homelessness is a highly complex social problem of national importance. The problem has elicited a variety of societal and public policy responses over

"Brings together leading and emerging researchers to advance understanding of the complex relationships between homelessness and health. Covering a wide range o

Dr. O'Connell's collection of stories and essays, written during thirty years of caring for homeless persons in Boston, gently illuminates the humanity and raw