Providing medical care for undocumented migrants in Denmark: What are the challenges for health professionals?

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Jensen, Natasja K ^a   Norredam, Marie ^a   Draebel, Tania ^a   Bogic, Marija ^b   Priebe, Stefan ^b   Krasnik, Allan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENMARK; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INTERVIEW; MIGRATION; POLICY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DENMARK; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PUBLIC POLICY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 79959609341     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-11-154     Document Type: Article

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