The Intersection of Medical Debt and Predatory Lending Among Hispanics

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 173-181

  Gray, Karen A ^a   Villegas, Susy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA TULSA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hispanics; medical debt; predatory lending

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858020407     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00981389.2011.613531     Document Type: Article

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