Australian health policy on access to medical care for refugees and asylum seekers

Australia and New Zealand Health Policy

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Correa Velez, Ignacio ^a   Gifford, Sandra M ^a   Bice, Sara J ^a,b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Oxfam ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; LAW; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; REVIEW;

EID: 32944467864     PISSN: 17438462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-8462-2-23     Document Type: Review

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