CONTENTS:

Sharing Experiences: News from Health Professionals across the EU:

• What Homeless people expect from hospitals: results of an ethics study about patients’ autonomy, by Emma Beetlestonne et al.
• Call for evidence on mental health and homelessness: views on best practice, by Peter Cockersell
• Taking a step in the right direction: drug rehabilitation and independent living, by Sinead McGinley
• Tobacco treatment for homeless people undergoing alcohol rehabilitation at Rauxa association, by Maria Luisa Marin Puig (leaflet available in Spanish)
• Health and medical care for single homeless in Germany, by Gerhard Trabert (related article available in German)
• The magnitude of evictions and the households at risk: lessons for prevention, by Igor van Laere et al.

Resources:

• New FEANTSA health related resources available online (in different languages)
• Traducmed: Internet based translation tool aimed at health professionals, by Charles Vanbelle (article available in French too)
• Health Care and Public Service Use and Costs Before and After Provision of Housing for Chronically
• Homeless Persons with Severe Alcohol Problems, by Mary E. Larimer et al.
• Policy brief on Access to health care for people with mental disorders in Europe, by Kristian Wahlbeck and Manfred Huber
• Human rights in health care: introduction and framework for local action, by UK Department of Health