Take a stand commentary: How can medical anthropologists contribute to contemporary conversations on "illegal" im/migration and health?

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 331-356

  Willen, Sarah S ^a   Mulligan, Jessica ^b   Castañeda, Heide ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b PROVIDENCE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

"deservingness"; "illegality"; Public anthropology; Social determinants of health; Unauthorized im migration

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHICS; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; METHODOLOGY; MIGRATION; NOTE; PATIENT RIGHT;

ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; PATIENT RIGHTS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 80052398425     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: 15481387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1387.2011.01164.x     Document Type: Note

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