Patient-held records for undocumented immigrants: A blind spot. A systematic review of patient-held records

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 497-508

  Schoevers, M A ^a   Van Den Muijsenbergh, M E T C ^a   Lagro Janssen, A L M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Family practice; Illegal immigrants; Medical records; PHR; Quality of health care; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; HEALTH CARE; ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TIME MANAGEMENT; ACCESS TO INFORMATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MIGRANT; MIGRATION; PATIENT RIGHT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; PATIENT ACCESS TO RECORDS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 70349948820     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557850902923273     Document Type: Article

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