Characteristics and utilization of primary care services in a torture rehabilitation center

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 163-171

  Moreno, Alejandro ^a,b,c   Piwowarczyk, Linda ^a,d   LaMorte, Wayne W ^c,d   Grodin, Michael A ^a,c,d  

^a Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights   (United States)

^b Brackenridge Hospital   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Post traumatic stress disorder; Primary care; Refugees; Utilizationof health services

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PARENT COUNSELING; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFUGEE; REHABILITATION CENTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; TORTURE SURVIVOR; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; BOSTON; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFUGEES; REHABILITATION CENTERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TORTURE;

EID: 33646179576     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-006-8524-x     Document Type: Article

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