Seeking health care: Marshallese migrants in Hawai'i

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-92

  Choi, Jin Young ^a  

^a Department of Sociology   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Health care; Migrant health; Pacific Islanders; Social network

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; MIGRATORY POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MIGRATION; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FEMALE; HAWAII; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MICRONESIA; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36849071979     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557850701803171     Document Type: Article

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