Homeless
Homeless. This is s subject that I find interesting but have no first hand knowledge of being homeless. Most of us have seen the people under the bridges or on the street holding the signs, either begging for food or work What do we really know about the homeless? ... As health care professionals, we must be aware of how the homeless receive health care, or even if they do receive it. The homeless face many obstacles in obtaining health care. ... This leads to undetected health problems for the homeless. To plan and provide the necessary health care services to the homeless we need “accurate and consistent measures of homeless population size and service use”, according to Metraux et al. ... I believe with accurate studies of the homeless, we as health care professionals can offer better health care in a more organized manner. The homeless who require health care would benefit from this as well. According to The National Care for the Homeless Council (2003), millions of people in the U. ... are homeless and “are in desperate need of health care services”.