Health care for Canada's medically uninsured immigrants and refugees: Whose problem is it?;Soins de santé pour les immigrants et les réfugiés sans assurance médicale au Canada: À qui le problème revient-il?

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Caulford, Paul ^a,b,c   D'Andrade, Jennifer ^d,e  

^a Équipe Santé Familiale Universitaire de Scarborough   (Canada)

^b Volunteer Clinic for Medically Uninsured Immigrants and Refugees   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d Volunteer Clinic for Medically Uninsured Immigrants and Refugees ^*

^e Volunteer Clinic for Medically Uninsured Immigrants and Refugees   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MEDICAL ETHICS; NOTE; REFUGEE; RESPONSIBILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANADA; CHILD; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; REFUGEES; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 84864708419     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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