Palliative Care for Underserved Populations in Australia: Homeless Persons A Discourse-Historical Approach

This paper aims to report on the analysis of discourse used in palliative care and homelessness talk and text. Over 105,000 people identified themselves as homeless in the 2011 Australian census; however recent studies suggest that the true numbers of homeless are much higher. Data on housing and homelessness from the 2016 Australian census is due for release in early 2018. Homeless persons experience increased incidences of chronic illness, communicable diseases, injury and trauma and die earlier than the general population, but access health services less.
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - Category: Palliative Care Authors: Source Type: research