When the discharge plan is deportation: Hospitals, immigrants, and social responsibility

Bioethics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Dwyer, James ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INSTITUTIONAL ETHICS; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIGRATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ETHICS, INSTITUTIONAL; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 58649092870     PISSN: 02699702     EISSN: 14678519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8519.2009.01714.x     Document Type: Editorial

References (5)

1. D. Sontag. 2008. Immigrants Facing Deportation by US Hospitals. New York Times 3 August;
2. D. Sontag. 2008. Deported in a Coma, Saved Back in US. New York Times 9 November. The case that follows is based on these articles, and so are the facts about the practice.
3. J. Dwyer. Illegal Immigrants, Health Care, and Social Responsibility. Hastings Cent Rep 2004 34 (5 34 41.
4. United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. 1976. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. New York: United Nations: Article 12.
5. I.M. Young. Responsibility and Global Justice: A Social Connection Model. Soc Philos Policy 2006 23 (1 102 130.