Meeting the health needs of trafficked persons

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 339, Issue 7722, 2009, Pages 642-

  Zimmerman, Cathy ^a   Oram, Siân ^a   Borland, Rosilyne ^b   Watts, Charlotte ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSAULT; CONFIDENTIALITY; CRIME; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN TRAFFICKING; LANGUAGE; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT CARE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; PROSTITUTION; SAFETY; UNITED KINGDOM; VIOLENCE;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; PROSTITUTION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 70349230869     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b3326     Document Type: Editorial

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