RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Impact on health care adds to the social cost of homelessness, MDs say
JF Canadian Medical Association Journal
JO CMAJ
FD Canadian Medical Association
SP 1737
OP 1739
VO 155
IS 12
A1 F. Lowry
YR 1996
UL http://www.cmaj.ca/content/155/12/1737.abstract
AB Homelessness has become a visible part of Canada's urban landscape, infecting adult men and women, youths and families with children alike, and the issue becomes particularly serious as winter approaches. During a workshop in Toronto earlier this year, physicians, researchers and social workers examined the effects of homelessness on health, identifying many of the unique health needs of this vulnerable segment of society.