Health-care access as a social determinant of health

Canadian Nurse

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 22-27

  McGibbon, Elizabeth ^a   Etowa, Josephine ^b   McPherson, Charmaine ^a  

^a ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; NURSING; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

CANADA; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; NURSING; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 52649089162     PISSN: 00084581     EISSN: 14925494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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