Do "illegal" im/migrants have a right to health? Engaging ethical theory as social practice at a Tel Aviv Open Clinic

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 303-330

  Willen, Sarah S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Human rights; Idioms of social justice mobilization; Im migrant health; Migrant "illegality,"; Right to health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHICAL THEORY; ETHICS; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; ISRAEL; MIGRATION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT RIGHT; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ETHICAL THEORY; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; PATIENT RIGHTS; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 80052392802     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: 15481387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1387.2011.01163.x     Document Type: Article

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