Immigration reporting laws: Ethical dilemmas in pediatric practice

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 967-968

  Geltman, Paul L ^a   Meyers, Alan F ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031748575     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.88.6.967     Document Type: Article

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