My brother's keeper: Uncompensated care for illegal immigrants

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 679-682

  Jones, James W ^a   McCullough, Laurence B ^a   Richman, Bruce W ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; COMMUNITY CARE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY WARD; FORWARD HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; IMMIGRANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHICS, CLINICAL; HUMANS; UNCOMPENSATED CARE; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 33747888402     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2006.07.001     Document Type: Editorial

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