UK Court decision: health care and immigration

The Lancet

Volumn 371, Issue 9627, 2008, Pages 1823-1824

  Hargreaves, Sally ^a   Burnett, Angela ^b  

^a THE LANCET   (United Kingdom)

^b Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COURT; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMIGRATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 44349169402     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60779-5     Document Type: Note

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