Migration, "illegality," and health: Mapping embodied vulnerability and debating health-related deservingness

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 805-811

  Willen, Sarah S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

" Illegality"; Access to care; Deservingness; Embodiment; Immigration; Migration

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED; MIGRATION; REFUGEE; SOCIAL JUSTICE; VIOLENCE; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WELLBEING;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84857456857     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.10.041     Document Type: Editorial

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