Hope from abroad in the international medical travel of Yemeni patients

Anthropology and Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 293-305

  Kangas, Beth ^a  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FAMILY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVIEW; JORDAN; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SERVICE; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERMINAL DISEASE; TOURISM; TRAVEL; YEMEN;

EID: 36749091761     PISSN: 13648470     EISSN: 14692910     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13648470701612646     Document Type: Article

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