Detained asylum seekers, health care, and questions of human(e)ness

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 381-384

  Koutroulis, Glenda ^a  

^a NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; AUTOMUTILATION; COMMUNITY CARE; DETENTION; EXPERIENCE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NURSE; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 0042928131     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2003.tb00413.x     Document Type: Review

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