Medical humanitarianism and physicians' organized efforts to provide aid to unauthorized migrants in Germany

Human Organization

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-10

  Castañeda, Heide ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Germany; Medical humanitarianism; Nongovernmental organizations; Unauthorized migrants

Indexed keywords

FIELDWORK; GOVERNMENT; MARGINALIZATION; NEOLIBERALISM; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION;

GERMANY;

EID: 79952710108     PISSN: 00187259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17730/humo.70.1.a16566172p238244     Document Type: Article

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