Physicians who base end-of-life care decisions for patients on their own preferences may offer less treatment than the patients themselves would have wanted.

Despite declines in many social services available to homeless men and women, a number of physicians have stepped up to provide health care.

Understand the safety, health, and developmental concerns that must be evaluated in deciding whether a homeless mother should retain custody of her infant.

Those who survived Hurricanes Katrina and Rita faced homelessness and physical and mental health problems that created ethical dilemmas for physicians.

This case illustrates how emergency physicians find themselves with an empty toolbox and must compromise to meet their responsibilities to patients and themselves.

It’s important to offer medical students enough experience with homeless and estranged patient populations to foster their sense of self-efficacy and development of positive attitudes.

The VA works with federal, state, and community agencies to ameliorate the homeless veteran problem and some of its causes.

Benefits and risks of outpatient commitment are a means for managing mental illness in patients who are homeless.

Why must a vet with serious mental illness seek shelter in a group home or stand on a street corner with a sign that says, “Homeless Vet—Please Help.”

Understand the safety, health, and developmental concerns that must be evaluated in deciding whether a homeless mother should retain custody of her infant.