Homelessness is not just a housing problem

Tuesday, December 23, 2008 - 10:49 in Health & Medicine

The editorial in this month's PLoS Medicine examines how the health needs of the homeless are underrepresented in the medical literature, leading to the failure of health and social systems to address them. At a time when charities warn that the risk of homelessness is closer for many people than has previously been assumed, the editorial argues that 'imaginative and collaborative solutions from across the whole spectrum of health and social care providers are needed.'...

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