Fractured migrant families: Paradoxes of hope and devastation

Family and Community Health

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 178-188

  McGuire, Sharon ^a   Martin, Kate ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b Little Hoover Commission   (United States)

Author keywords

Immigrant women; Indigenous people; Mexican immigrants; Undocumented immigrants; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FAMILY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MIGRATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FAMILY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEXICAN AMERICANS; POLITICS; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34250339545     PISSN: 01606379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.FCH.0000277761.31913.f3     Document Type: Article

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