"Health is hard here" or "Health for all"?: The Politics of blame, gender, and health care for undocumented Nicaraguan Migrants in Costa Rica

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 483-503

  Goldade, Kathryn ^a  

^a CARLETON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Central America; Gender; Health; Medical citizenship; Undocumented migration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COSTA RICA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIGRATION; NICARAGUA; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARD;

ADULT; COSTA RICA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NICARAGUA; POVERTY; PREJUDICE; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 70749106104     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: 15481387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1387.2009.01074.x     Document Type: Article

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