Primary care for refugees and asylum seekers

British Medical Journal

Volumn 332, Issue 7533, 2006, Pages 62-63

  Sally, A ^a   Boomla, Kambiz ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; SAFETY; SOCIETY; UNITED KINGDOM;

HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LONDON; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFUGEES; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 30744477971     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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