Homelessness, social exclusion and health : global perspectives, local solutions /

In a globalised world, the wealthy elite and the rough sleeper negotiate the same streets, jostling for space in the doorways of shops selling luxury goods, thus the winners and losers of global capitalism meet in the same urban spaces. While the visibility of rough sleepers has become a shorthand t...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cuthill, Fiona, author
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Edinburgh : Dunedin Academic Press, 2019.
Series:Policy and practice in health and social care ; 27.
Subjects:
Homelessness > Social aspects.
Homelessness > Health aspects.
Homeless persons > Services for.
Social isolation.
Health.
Social Isolation
Health
Itinérance > Aspect social.
Personnes sans-abri > Services.
Isolement social.
Santé.
health.
Homeless persons > Services for
Homelessness > Health aspects
Homelessness > Social aspects
Social isolation
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Framing homelessness: Strangers on the streets
  • Contemporary Urban Marginality: Health inequalities in a globalising world
  • People on the Move: Migration, urbanisation, homelessness and health
  • Keeping Strong: Resilience and resistance as health assets
  • Prevention, Policy and Practitioners: A public health response / Neil Hamlet and Katy Hetherington
  • Pathways into and out of Homelessness: Lessons to be learnt
  • Relationships Matter: Psychologically informed approaches / Conversation with Adam Barley
  • Conclusion

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