Public health metaphors in Australian policy on asylum seekers

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-50

  Koutroulis, Glenda ^a  

^a NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asylum seekers; Political rhetoric; Public health policy; Refugee health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DETENTION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; IMMIGRATION; MORALITY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REFUGEE; RESPONSIBILITY;

AUSTRALIA; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; METAPHOR; POLITICS; REFUGEES;

EID: 61849121190     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2009.00337.x     Document Type: Article

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