When the right to be counted doesn't count: The politics and challenges of researching the health of asylum seekers

Critical Public Health

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 273-281

  Correa Velez, Ignacio ^a   Gifford, Sandra M ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asylum seekers; Barriers to data; Hard to reach populations; Health inequalities; Research

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 34548652927     PISSN: 09581596     EISSN: 14693682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09581590701247999     Document Type: Article

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