Challenge and collusion: Health professionals and immigration detention in Australia

International Journal of Human Rights

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1092-1106

  Briskman, Linda ^a   Zion, Deborah ^b   Loff, Bebe ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Advocacy; Asylum seekers; Detention; Ethics; Health

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956244186     PISSN: 13642987     EISSN: 1744053X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13642980903007649     Document Type: Article

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