Transforming the boundaries of health care: Insights from Somali migrants

Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 518-544

  Tiilikainen, Marja ^a   Koehn, Peter H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b Department of Social Research ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

Indigenous healers; Medical education; Mental health; Somalis; Transnational health care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNOLOGY; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; MIGRATION; SOMALIA;

ANTHROPOLOGY, MEDICAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FINLAND; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; SOMALIA;

EID: 80052689765     PISSN: 01459740     EISSN: 15455882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01459740.2011.577288     Document Type: Article

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