Literature DB >> 6854537

Medical provision for the homeless in Manchester.

N J Shanks.   

Abstract

The events leading up to the establishment of a separate primary care service for the homeless and rootless population in Manchester are described.The organization, funding and commitment of the project are outlined and an insight into the life-style of this population is provided.During the first quarter of 1981, 2,049 consultations were given. The most common causes for consultation were psychiatric, alcoholic and respiratory conditions.

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Year:  1983        PMID: 6854537      PMCID: PMC1972614     

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  J R Coll Gen Pract        ISSN: 0035-8797


  7 in total

1.  Homeless people as an at-risk group.

Authors:  J Hewetson
Journal:  Proc R Soc Med       Date:  1975-01

2.  Normal rubbish: deviant patients in casualty departments.

Authors:  R Jeffery
Journal:  Sociol Health Illn       Date:  1979-06

3.  The ethics of the randomized clinical trial.

Authors:  A Schafer
Journal:  N Engl J Med       Date:  1982-09-16       Impact factor: 91.245

4.  Primary medical care for the single homeless: the Edinburgh experiment.

Authors:  U Maclean; L Naumann
Journal:  Health Bull (Edinb)       Date:  1979-01

5.  Consistency of data collected from inmates of a common lodging house.

Authors:  N J Shanks
Journal:  J Epidemiol Community Health       Date:  1981-06       Impact factor: 3.710

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Authors:  C H Alstrom; R Lindelius; I Salum
Journal:  Br J Addict Alcohol Other Drugs       Date:  1975-09

7.  Patients who reside in common lodging-houses.

Authors:  R Scott; P G Gaskell; D C Morrell
Journal:  Br Med J       Date:  1966-12-24
  7 in total
  8 in total

1.  Homelessness: a problem for primary care?

Authors:  Anthony J Riley; Geoffrey Harding; Martin R Underwood; Yvonne H Carter
Journal:  Br J Gen Pract       Date:  2003-06       Impact factor: 5.386

Review 2.  Opportunities for engaging low-income, vulnerable populations in health care: a systematic review of homeless persons' access to and use of information technologies.

Authors:  D Keith McInnes; Alice E Li; Timothy P Hogan
Journal:  Am J Public Health       Date:  2013-10-22       Impact factor: 9.308

Review 3.  The homeless.

Authors:  W Abdul-Hamid; C Cooney
Journal:  Postgrad Med J       Date:  1996-11       Impact factor: 2.401

4.  A 'house doctor' scheme for primary health care for the single homeless in Edinburgh.

Authors:  P V Powell
Journal:  J R Coll Gen Pract       Date:  1987-10

5.  Primary health care for the single homeless.

Authors:  P Elton
Journal:  BMJ       Date:  1988-09-03

6.  Previously diagnosed psychiatric illness among inhabitants of common lodging houses.

Authors:  N J Shanks
Journal:  J Epidemiol Community Health       Date:  1989-12       Impact factor: 3.710

7.  A mobile surgery for single homeless people in London.

Authors:  S S Ramsden; P Nyiri; J Bridgewater; D J el-Kabir
Journal:  BMJ       Date:  1989-02-11

8.  Health surveillance project among single homeless men in Bristol.

Authors:  P Featherstone; C Ashmore
Journal:  J R Coll Gen Pract       Date:  1988-08
  8 in total

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