Responding to diversity: An exploratory study of migrant health policies in Europe

Health Policy

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-9

  Mladovsky, Philipa ^a   Rechel, Bernd ^b   Ingleby, David ^c   McKee, Martin ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Access to health care; Ethnic groups; Health inequalities; Immigrants; Migrants

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPE; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; INTERPRETER SERVICE; IRELAND; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIGRANT HEALTH; MIGRATION; NETHERLANDS; ORGANIZATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW;

CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 84858298361     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.01.007     Document Type: Review

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