Equitable health-care access: The experiences of refugee and refugee claimant mothers with an Ill Preschooler

Canadian Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 186-206

  Wahoush, Ellen Olive ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Settlement   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asylum seeker; Child health; Health care access; Health care disparities; Refugee

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MOTHER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFUGEE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MOTHERS; ONTARIO; REFUGEES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79953035356     PISSN: 08445621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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