Providing life-saving health care to undocumented children: Controversies and ethical issues

Pediatrics

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1316-1320

  Young, Janine ^a   Flores, Glenn ^b   Berman, Stephen ^a,c  

^a Children's Hospital Colorado   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Child health policy; Life saving health care; Undocumented children

Indexed keywords

CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM ACETATE; CITRATE DISODIUM; ERYTHROPOIETIN; VITAMIN;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DIALYSIS; DRUG COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; ECONOMICS; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HISPANIC; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIGRATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT; POLICY; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

CHILD; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHICS, CLINICAL; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH POLICY; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MEXICAN AMERICANS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; RENAL DIALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 16644392861     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-1231     Document Type: Review

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