Primary health care for refugees and asylum seekers: A review of the literature and a framework for services

Public Health

Volumn 120, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 809-816

  Feldman, R ^a  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asylum seekers; Healthcare planning; Primary health care; Refugees

Indexed keywords

ASYLUM SEEKER; HEALTH SERVICES; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFUGEE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH VISITOR; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; LINGUISTICS; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REFUGEE; REGISTRATION; TORTURE SURVIVOR; VIOLENCE;

COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFUGEES; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 33747364802     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2006.05.014     Document Type: Article

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