The NSW refugee health service: Improving refugee access to primary care

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 147-149

  Milosevic, Diana ^a   Cheng, I Hao ^b,c   Smith, Mitchell M ^a  

^a NSW Refugee Health Service   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health; Immigrant; Refugee; Vulnerable populations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFUGEE;

HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFUGEES;

EID: 84863360554     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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